‘Stingy, Stingy, Stingy Government’: Mixed Responses to the Introduction of the Plastic Carrier Bag Levy in Japan

Abstract Background and Objective Theory of mind (ToM) is the ability that can be attributed to mental status beliefs, intents, emotions, proficiency, etc., to oneself and to others, and the understanding that others also have intentions, conceptions, desires, and perspectives that are different from one’s own. Daily social life depends on the ability to evaluate the behavior of other people on the basis of their mental state such as their beliefs, intentions, compassions, and goals. This study was conducted to explore the ToM abilities in preschoolers. Methods A total of 36 preschoolers participated in the study. Two stories were narrated to the children, the classic Sally-Anne Task and the Smarty’s Task. In both the tasks, the responses of the children were scored as either true belief or false belief. Results The results of the present study revealed mixed responses among the preschoolers. It was found that 3- to 4-year-old children had more false beliefs for both the tasks when compared with 4- to 5-year-old. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of ToM abilities in typically growing children and other clinical population. It can be concluded that the ToM abilities were improved in typically developing children. Future studies are required to explore the higher levels of embedding of ToM, and also to incorporate it in the clinical population.

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Oxcarbazepine in Mood Disorders

Hospital Pharmacy ◽

10.1177/001857870103601207 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 36 (12) ◽

pp. 1254-1256 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Norton

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Drug Interactions ◽

Mood Disorders ◽

Schizoaffective Disorder ◽

Rapid Cycling ◽

Bipolar Illness ◽

Mixed Responses

Patients with bipolar illness or schizoaffective disorder–manic type can present with a variety of symptoms and have mixed responses to treatment. This is especially true for patients who have rapid cycling or mixed bipolar illness. The following cases describe the use of oxcarbazepine in patients with either bipolar illness or schizoaffective disorder. This agent, an analogue of carbamazepine, has fewer drug–drug interactions and side effects and thus may prove to be a better tolerated agent in the treatment of these very serious illnesses. A discussion of the properties of oxcarbazepine is also included.

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THE ASEAN CHARTER: MAKING SENSE OUT OF MIXED RESPONSES

ASEAN Community ◽

10.1355/9789812308443-012 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 84-95

Keyword(s):

Making Sense ◽

Mixed Responses

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Nordic vagabonds: The Roma and the logic of benevolent violence in the Swedish welfare state

European Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1177/1477370816640141 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 120-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Vanessa Barker

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Criminal Law ◽

Welfare States ◽

Mixed Responses ◽

The Government ◽

The Welfare State

In Sweden, control of the mobile poor is often driven by the needs and demands of the welfare state itself and follows a different logic outside the neoliberal paradigm. By examining the case of the Roma, EU citizens who travel to Sweden to ask for money on the streets, we can see the expansion and retraction of the criminal law as the government responds to new forms of migration and poverty in its society. The government’s mixed responses – no to bans on begging, but yes to evictions – are the result of dualities inherent in Nordic welfare states, when their inclusionary ameliorative dimensions collide with their exclusionary and nationalistic tendencies. This article proposes the term benevolent violence to conceptualize this duality. It occurs when coercive means are used to uphold the state’s ameliorative goals and when the state’s ameliorative practices have violent effects. In the case of the Roma, it means protecting them from their own livelihood and it means protecting the welfare state for nationals, keeping it solvent for members.

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