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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Attitude (Psychology)"”.
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Applicant justice perceptions of machine learning algorithms in personnel selection
Machine-learning artificial intelligence algorithms provide organizations with the opportunity to quickly and efficiently process information about potential employees while reducing costs associated with selection and turnover. However, any bias or error present in the programming of such …
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Explicit and Implicit Attitude Tests Examining Attitude Towards Obese People Among Undergraduate Psychology Students
Studies examining attitudes towards obese people have mainly focused on conscious or explicit attitudes which may be biased by social desirability. Therefore, the present study examined both explicit and implicit, that are considered to be unconscious, attitudes towards obese individuals. A sample …
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A survey of attitudes of agricultural society leaders toward leadership development education
It was the purpose of this study to investigate attitudes toward leadership development education of one client group served by the ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The survey, answered by 175 participants, attempted to answer the following questions: (a) What is a common definition of …
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The development and application of a test to detect certain habits of the scientific attitude among high school science students
… test to detect certain habits of the scientific attitude among high school science students.</p><p>Preliminary investigation relative to the problem centered around the two following procedures: (1) An attempt to determine and define the scientific attitude and its relation to scientific method. …
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Student nurses' experiences of caring for dying patients
Care for those approaching death is an integral and important part in the health care field (Field & Cassel 1997). Dying is a part of life. However it brings about a vast array of intense emotions. Nurses are the ones who spend a prolonged period of time with dying patients, witnessing this as part …
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The elaboration likelihood model and the role of affect
According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), a wide variety of variables, both within the individual and within the situation, can affect an individual's motivation and/or ability to process issue-relevant information. Although it is widely accepted that mood may affect information …
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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of schoolgoing adolescents living in Gauteng in relation to common cancers and cancer risks
… the extent of general knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and practices of Gauteng adolescents towards cancer. Objectives: The specific objectives were to: 1) ascertain cancer¬related knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and practices of school-going adolescents; 2) obtain previous information on cancer …
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"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" : further exploration of attitude alignment in the context of close relationship dyads /
… couples were tested to study the phenomenon of attitude alignment, or the way in which individuals change their opinions to achieve greater attitudinal congruence with their romantic partners, and the hypotheses that relationship closeness, affect, attachment, social desirability, and centrality …
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Stigma and attitude towards help-seeking behavior in relation to mental health
… by mental health professionals. Keywords: attitude, mental health, stigma, help-seeking
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Operational Expression of Attitudes in a Self-Selecting Curriculum
… was to describe the operational expression of attitudes in a self--selecting curriculum. Information was revealed concerning children's attitudes toward specific curricular areas, how those attitudes are expressed behaviorally, and how attitude changes are reflected in behavior patterns.
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Attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders
… The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders with regard to the participants’ backgrounds, but the study is the first of its kind to be conducted on an Icelandic sample. The study was cross-sectional where a questionnaire was distributed …
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The relationship between exercise dependence and energy drink consumption : the mediating effect of beliefs about caffeine enhancing athletic performance
Exercise has been strongly related to many positive effects such as self-perceived quality of life and improvement of psychological, physiological and immunological functions. Despite the positive effects of exercise to most people, it can become problematic to some, resulting in exercise …
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A comparison of authoritarian and ressentient attitudes among high school coaches, college physical education majors, and other college students
The questions posed by this study were: (1) To determine the relationship between authoritarianism and ressentience among high school coaches employed within San Joaquin County, California.; and (2) To compare authoritarianism and ressentience among high school coaches within San Joaquin County, …
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Towards an implicit measure of religiousness-spirituality.
This series of studies examined statistical associations between a newly-developed implicit measure of religiousness-spirituality, well-validated explicit measures and pro-social behavior. In Study 1, undergraduates (n = 109) at a private institution completed self-report measures of a broad …
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