Sökning: "Mnemonics"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Mnemonics.

1. 1. Memory-based Lie Detection in Repeated Interviews: The Importance of Early Use of Mnemonics

   Författare :Aleksandras Izotovas; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deception detection; repeated interviewing; mnemonics; delay; between-statement consistency;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to examine how memory-enhancing (mnemonic) techniques used in an interview carried out immediately after an event affected truth tellers’ and liars’ responses in both an immediate interview and in a delayed interview. In Studies I-III participants took part in a mock intelligence scenario in which they were asked to take the role of an intelligence officer. LÄS MER

3. 2. Recollection of Repeated Events : Difficulties and Possibilities

   Författare :Rebecca M. Willén; Pär Anders Granhag; Leif Strömwall; Anna Stigsdotter Neely; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; Repeated events; Investigative interviewing; Mnemonics; Memory specificity;

   Sammanfattning : Survey based research about self-reported incidents and legal investigations concerning sexual abuse, terrorism, and refugee status determination often involves reporting about self-experienced events that are similar to each other and has occurred repeatedly. Such repeated events tend to be recalled in a general manner and as a cluster of events. LÄS MER

4. 3. Cognitive training in young and old adults : Transfer, long-term effects, and predictors of gain

   Författare :Petra Sandberg; Anna Stigsdotter Neeyl; Michael Rönnlund; Boo Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive training; aging; old adults; executive function; life-span; individual differences; episodic memory; inhibition; shifting; updating; cognitive control; strategy training; mnemonics; predictors; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Aging, also in the absence of pathological conditions, is associated with cognitivedecline, especially in so called fluid abilities, such as episodic memory andexecutive functions. Due to an ongoing demographic shift, a larger part of thepopulation will reach higher ages, and more people will be affected by age-relatedcognitive decline. LÄS MER

5. 4. Circumscribing Tonality: Upper Secondary Music Students Learning the Circle of Fifths : Att ringa in tonalitet: Gymnasieelever på estetiskt program lär sig kvintcirkeln

   Författare :Niklas Rudbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; music theory pedagogy; circle of fifths; key; tonic; upper secondary school; scientific concepts; learning;

   Sammanfattning : The fundamental motivation for this research project is that listening is central to all musical activities, and that semiotic means for visualizing, representing, and conceptualizing music are central to educational endeavors aimed at developing trained listening. There is, however, a lack of research on how such semiotic means are taught and learned, especially in the aural skills and music theory subjects and in secondary education. LÄS MER

7. 5. Counting on the details: Inquiring into past events of cooperative interviewees

   Författare :Rebecca M. Willén; Pär Anders Granhag; Leif Strömwall; Henry Otgaar; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Investigative interviewing; Amount of detail; Autobiographical and episodic memory; Open data; Open material; Repeated events; Statement analysis; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : Amount and quality of detail in recollections of past events are often studied in legal psychology. What, how much, and how accurate does a witness typically recall? How can we facilitate witnesses' recollections in police interviews? How can we detect deception? The overall aim of this thesis was to employ research with high ecological validity to investigate amount and quality of detail in interviews with cooperative adults. LÄS MER