Sökning: "cognitive closure"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden cognitive closure.
1. Criminal investigation: A case of Motivated cognition?
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2. F. A. Hayek's Critique of Legislation
Sammanfattning : The dissertation concerns F. A. Hayek’s (1899–1992) critique of legislation. The purpose of the investigation is to clarify and assess that critique. LÄS MER
3. Essays on Politics, Law, and Economics
Sammanfattning : Essay 1: Several countries practice a system where laymen, who lack legal education, participate in the judicial decision making. Yet, little is known about their potential influence on the court rulings. LÄS MER
4. Designing for Peer Learning : Mathematics, Games and Peer Groups in Leisure-time Centers
Sammanfattning : Constrained by national tests and the mathematics curriculum, teachers have problems finding time for exploratory and hands-on mathematical activities, especially so in classes with a reduced pace of progression, for example because of a large proportion of second-language learners. Could the leisure-time center, where time is not earmarked, provide such opportunities? The conclusion of this thesis is that this can be done, on the condition that designed activities build on the central premise of the leisure-time center: children have the right to choose which activities to engage with. LÄS MER
5. Criminal investigation: Motivation, emotion and cognition in the processing of evidence
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines biases in judgments made in the context of criminal investigation, drawing theoretically on frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology. Study I investigated the existence of confirmation bias in the interpretation of criminal evidence, and the need for cognitive closure (NFC) as a potential moderator. LÄS MER