Sökning: "evolution psykologi"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden evolution psykologi.

  1. 1. Social causality in motion : Visual bias and categorization of social interactions during the observation of chasing in infancy

    Författare :Martyna A. Galazka; Pär Nyström; Gustaf Gredebäck; Moritz Daum; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social causality; motion; animacy perception; chasing goal-directed motion; heat-seeking; EEG; P400; Nc; spatial proximity; non-contact causality; functional specialization; specialized perception; evolution; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Since the seminal work of Fritz Heider and Marienne Simmel (1944) the study of animacy perception, or the perception and attribution of life from the motion of simple geometrical shapes has intrigued researchers. The intrigue for psychologists and vision scientists then and today centered on the stark disconnect between the simplicity of the visual input and the universal richness of the resulting percept. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Sex differences in children's play behavior : A biological construction of gender?

    Författare :Anna Servin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; sex differences; children; play; expectations; wishes; hormones; biology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis addressed the question of what causes sex differences in children's play behavior.In Study I, it was found that mothers have rather sex-stereotyped expectations for how their 1- and 3-year-old children will behave at the age of five, as regards sex-typed activities. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Preventing problem gambling: Focus on overconsumption

    Författare :Jakob Jonsson; Per Carlbring; Ingrid Munck; Ståle Pallesen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gambling; problem gambling; prevention; overconsumption; responsible gambling; online self-test; ESEM; psychometric properties; predictive; longitudinal; CFA; gambling fallacies; reinforcers; personalized behavioural feedback; motivational interviewing; gambling expenditure; RCT; 12-month follow-up; spel om pengar; problematiskt spelande; prevention; överkonsumtion; spelansvar; online självtest; ESEM; psykometriska egenskaper; prediktiv; longitudinell; CFA; tankefällor om spel; psykologiska förstärkare; personifierad återkoppling på beteende; motiverande samtal; spelutgifter; RCT; 12-månaders uppföljning; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : A proportion of gamblers experience problems. The role of overconsumption in developing gambling problems is sparsely described in the literature and there is little scientific knowledge about the prevention of gambling problems. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Artefactual Intelligence: The Development and Use of Cognitively Congenial Artefacts

    Författare :David de Léon; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; affective computing; persuasive computing; Psychology; Psykologi; computer-mediated extrospection; precommitment; self-control; situated cognition; distributed motivation; cognitive ethnography; distributed cognition; cognitive biographies; redesign; task–artefact cycle; artefact evolution; artefact design; task structure; cognitive task; cognitive congeniality; artefactual intelligence; cognitive artefacts; task environment; tools; Cognition; artefacts; ubiquitous computing;

    Sammanfattning : How can tools help structure tasks to make them cognitively easier to perform? How do artefacts, and our strategies for using them, develop over time in cognitively beneficial ways? These are two of the main questions that are explored in the five papers collected in this thesis. The first paper details an ethnographic study conducted on people cooking in their homes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Innate and Conditioned Fear : Investigating Responses to Threat using Psychophysiology, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Twin Methodology

    Författare :Jörgen Rosén; Fredrik Åhs; Miguel Fullana; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Emotion; Imminent threat; Social threat; Twins; Face; Personal space; fMRI; Virtual reality; Amygdala.; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Evolution has shaped systems in the human brain to respond to danger. Some of these systems are innate or hard-wired, while others are learned throughout the entire life span. One commonly studied type of learned threat, conditioned fear, is acquired from experiencing aversive consequences. LÄS MER