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1. 16. Social Hierarchies, Prejudice, and Discrimination

   Författare :Alexandra Snellman; Bo Ekehammar; Nazar Akrami; Anders Biel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Psychology; Social dominance orientation; Prejudice; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Gender; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on three papers where I examine some aspects of ethnic and gender-based prejudice and discrimination in hierarchical situations. In Paper I, the existence of ethnic hierarchies in Sweden is explored. LÄS MER

3. 17. The perception of actions and interactions : And the importance of context

   Författare :Joshua Juvrud; Gustaf Gredebäck; Denis Mareschal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; action understanding; action perception; motion; perception; context; environment; eye-tracking; pupil dilation; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The perception of actions and interactions is a dynamic process linked with perceptual processes, the internal and external states of the individual, prior experiences, and the immediate environment. Given these differential contexts, it is very likely there are differences in how infants perceive, interpret, and respond to actions. LÄS MER

4. 18. Metacognition and Confidence : Mood, Individual Differences, Developmental and Social Aspects

   Författare :Anna-Carin Jonsson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Developmental; Eyewitness memory; Individual Differences; Calibration; Realism in confidence judgments; Metacognition; Psykologi; psychology;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the realism in people's confidence judgments. Study I investigated whether mood influences the confidence people have in their event memory. However, there were no significant differences in the realism of the participants' confidence judgments between conditions (elated and neutral). LÄS MER

5. 19. Children and Parents : Attributions, Attitudes and Agency

   Författare :Sevtap Gurdal; Emma Sorbring; Philip Hwang; Solveig Hägglund; Högskolan Väst; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parenting attitudes; parenting attributions; personal agency; child agency; child adjustment; school achievement; Psychology; Psykologi; parenting attitudes parenting attributions personal agency child agency child adjustment School Achievement;

   Sammanfattning : Children and parents are both part of children’s development and research on children and on parenting are both areas that, in some way, have changed in recent decades. These changes are related to the new way of seeing children and that children are no longer seen as ‘becomings’ or adults in the making; rather, children are insteadregarded – and seen – as more active in their development and as social agents. LÄS MER

7. 20. The psychology of diversification: Novice investors´ability to spread risks

   Författare :Martin Hedesström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Covariation neglect; Novice investors; Portfolio diversification; Diversification heuristic; Behavioural economics; Ekonomisk psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : In order to reduce risk, portfolio theory prescribes holding a stock portfolio that is diversified across industries and countries. This thesis investigates novice investors’ ability to compile well-diversified portfolios and to what extent psychological factors may affect diversification. LÄS MER