Sökning: "Optimism control"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade orden Optimism control.

  1. 1. Self-Control, Financial Well-Being, and Motivated Reasoning : Essays in Behavioral Finance

    Författare :Camilla Strömbäck; Ali M. Ahmed; Gustav Tinghög; Daniel Västfjäll; Marcus Selart; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dual-process theory; Self-control; Financial behavior; Financial well-being; Affective forecasting; Motivated reasoning;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to improve our understanding of how individual differences in intuitive and analytic decision making are associated with people’s behavior as well as their well-being. The first three essays investigate, in turn, how self-control—a typical System 2 driven ability—correlates with financial behavior, financial well-being, and affective forecasting ability. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Synchronization Techniques in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation

    Författare :Jonatan Lindén; Bengt Jonsson; Christopher D. Carothers; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Parallel discrete event simulation; Discrete event simulation; PDES; Optimism control; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Discrete event simulation is an important tool for evaluating system models in many fields of science and engineering. To improve the performance of large-scale discrete event simulations, several techniques to parallelize discrete event simulation have been developed. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bending and Mending the Neurosignature : Elicting the Relaxation Response with help of Flotation-REST ( Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique) in Patients with Stress Related Pain

    Författare :Sven-Åke Bood; Torsten Norlander; Gun Nordström; Lars-Gösta Dahlöf; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Burn-out; flotation-REST; pain; prolactin; relaxation response; stress; attention; depression; placebo.; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract. The overarching purpose of the current thesis was to assess the long term effects of a documented treatment program involving flotation-REST for the experience of pain, from the point of view of variables connected with Melzack´s neuromatrix theory, and to examine the extent of a potential attention-placebo effect in connection with flotation-REST. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Attributes Modulating Affective Profiles in Psychiatric Patients

    Författare :Madeleine Zöller; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; positive mood; affective deaf syndrome; psychiatric diagnoses; disempowerment; impulsiveness;

    Sammanfattning : Psychiatrically disabled individuals (study I and II) as well as those with an additional deafness or are hard-of -hearing (study III and IV) often have the burden of a hidden affective disability. Positive (PA) and negative affects (NA) have emerged as significant independent dimensions in studies of affective structure. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Prometheus Complex : Striving for competence

    Författare :Renée Perrin-Wallqvist; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Childhood; Fire setting; Adolescence; Psychology; Development psychology; Psykologi; Utvecklingspsykologi; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present investigations was to obtain a more comprehensive view of fire setting by children and adolescents; to explore the prevalence of the phenomenon; whether or not it experimentally may be related to frustration or boredom and to examine the role of personality traits such as optimism, pessimism and creativity. This dissertation consists of two experimental and two interview studies. LÄS MER