Sökning: "Cognitive bias"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 78 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cognitive bias.

  1. 1. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

    Författare :Moa Lidén; Minna Gräns; Peter Juslin; Steven Penrod; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal decision making; bias; confirmation bias; criminal cases; criminal procedure; police; prosecutor; judge; legal system; empirical legal research; evidence based law; debiasing technique; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Sammanfattning : Confirmation bias is a tendency to selectively search for and emphasize information that is consistent with a preferred hypothesis, whereas opposing information is ignored or downgraded. This thesis examines the role of confirmation bias in criminal cases, primarily focusing on the Swedish legal setting. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gruppskillnader i Provresultat : uppgiftsinnehållets betydelse för resultatskillnader mellan män och kvinnor på prov i ordkunskap och allmänorientering

    Författare :Christina Stage; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Test bias; item bias; content bias; sex bias; sex differences; vocabulary tests; tests on general knowledge;

    Sammanfattning : The present monograph deals with the problem of sex differences in test results from various angles. Initially, the aim was to investigate whether the use of test results in selection could be considered fair in spite of sex differences in test score averages. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A cognitive-behavioral approach to generalized anxiety disorder

    Författare :Elisabeth Breitholtz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Anxiety; generalized anxiety; worry; cognitive bias; cognitive-behavioral treatment; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent anxiety disorder with an estimated lifetime prevalence of about 5%. Relatively little research regarding psychopathology and treatment exists on this disorder. Worry is the dominating feature of GAD together with a set of characteristic somatic symptoms (motor tension, vigilance and scanning). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Anxiety and attentional bias : studies with the emotional stroop task

    Författare :Jenny Wikström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive psychology; Attention; Fear; Anxiety; Kognitiv psykologi; Ångest; Rädsla; Uppmärksamhet;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Cognitive-behavioral treatment and theory in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Författare :Nenad Paunović; Terence Keane; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acute PTSD; crime victims; prevention; chronic PTSD; refugees; cognitive-behavior therapy; exposure therapy; Stroop task; attentional and memory bias; preattentive bias; face recognition.; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The present dissertation contains four empirical studies. The first two investigated the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral (CBT) treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by randomizing patients to two different groups. The last two are experimental studies that tested parts of the cognitive theory of PTSD. LÄS MER