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Showing 1 to 20 of 824 for “"BF Psychology"”.
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Input and output order of recall as early markers of cognitive decline
This thesis explored the effects of age on free recall patterns in episodic memory. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging instruments were used to investigate the input (i.e., serial position effects) and output (i.e., temporal vs. spatial contiguity) of free recall in younger vs. healthy older …
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Media Multitasking and Executive Functioning in Young Adults
The purpose of this thesis was to determine the relationships between young adults executive functioning and media multitasking. This was addressed through the systematic exploration of executive functioning utilising behavioural performance tasks, informed by Diamond’s (2013) executive function …
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Enhancing Decision Quality Through Information Exposure and the Moderating Effects of Explicit Factors
Background Limited past research has stated that selective exposure is negatively correlated with decision quality and has demonstrated that when participants where steered into making a poor preliminary decision they made a worse final decision. However, the effect of free choice concerning the …
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Using an extended theory of planned behaviour to investigate sleep impaired driving
Background: A significant proportion of vehicle accidents in the UK are caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel and these accidents often occur at high speeds and result in fatalities (Home & Reyner, 1995b). Research has shown that driving after 15 or more hours of wakefulness increases the …
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Adult age differences in thinking styles and probabilistic reasoning : the effect of natural frequencies
Probabilistic reasoning is a distinct type of reasoning which previous evidence has found to be particularly difficult for both naive and expert participants in laboratory research. The current study looked at probabilistic reasoning performance in the light of dual- process theories of thinking …
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The relationship between mindfulness, emotion regulation, habitual thinking and eating behaviours
Evidence regarding the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for health-related eating behaviours is emerging. However, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This thesis presents findings from a series of studies examining the role of two potential mechanisms; extending research …
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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION AND WELLBEING: THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS
… study. The research was carried out at LJMU on Psychology students (N=404) from across levels 4 and 5 who took part in the cross-sectional aspect of the study; and a small sub-sample from TAR college (N=32) who took part in the experimental study. Methods included use of validated self-report …
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Practice conditions leading to the acquisition of perceptual-cognitive-motor processing
In this thesis, specific practice conditions were examined for skill acquisition and transfer of perceptual-cognitive-motor processes underlying dynamic and complex performance. The availability of visual and cognitive processes during practice was modulated to examine contribution of each process …
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Facilitating Healthy Ageing: Neuroprotective Effects of Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness-based meditation practices involve various attentional skills including the ability to sustain and focus ones attention. During a simple mindfulness based breath awareness meditation, sustained attention is required to maintain focus on the breath while meta-cognitive awareness and …
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Stres guru yang mengajar subjek reka bentuk dan teknologi (RBT) di sekolah rendah di Kuantan
Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan stres kerja dalam kalangan guru-guru Rekabentuk dan Teknologi sekolah rendah dalam daerah Kuantan, Pahang. Faktor-faktor yang dikaji ialah tingkah laku pelajar, kekangan masa, kekurangan sumber, sokongan dan penghargaan, …
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Kecerdasan emosi dan komitmen organisasi dalam kalangan pensyarah di Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
Kecerdasan Emosi dapat dijadikan sebagai wahana bagi mewujudkan pendidikan yang berkualiti serta sebagai asas pemerolehan ilmu pengetahuan bagi seseorang pendidik dalam menjalankan tugasnya sebagai seorang guru. Namun begitu, adakah faktor jantina menjejaskan kecerdasan emosi mereka apabila …
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Pembangunan kerangka konsep psikologi pemain sukan sofbol di Politeknik Malaysia
Kegagalan pemain dalam mengawal psikologi diri sendiri boleh menyebabkan prestasi pasukan mengalami kekalahan dan menjatuhkan kedudukan pasukan pilihan. Ini adalah isu yang sangat kritikal di mana kajian-kajian lepas mendapati kurang daripada 15 hingga 20 peratus hasil kegagalan pemain memberi …
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Pengaruh media sosial terhadap hubungan antara keperibadian jenama dan perilaku Pengundi Pilihan Raya Presiden Indonesia
Perilaku pengundi pelajar menyumbang kepada pilihanraya di Indonesia. Namun begitu, perilaku pengundi boleh terjejas jika tiada penekanan diberikan kepada faktor perilaku. Faktor perilaku yang mempengaruhi perilaku pengundi ialah pilihan rasional. Oleh yang demikian, kajian ini bertujuan untuk …
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Framing psychological factors effect on knowledge sharing behaviour: moderating role of islamic work ethics
Knowledge Sharing Behaviour (KSB) is an important activity for organizations and managing knowledge is critical to the organization’s survival. However, preliminary interviews conducted with two managers at telecommunication companies in Pakistan, highlighted that KSB is low. Moreover, there were …
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Model konsep elemen ke arah peningkatan kepimpinan berkecerdasan emosi guru besar
Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan satu Model Konsep Elemen Ke Arah Peningkatan Kepimpinan Berkecerdasan Emosi (KBE) Guru Besar. Pembangunan model konsep ini melibatkan 2 fasa pembinaan yang mana fasa pertama berfokus kepada kajian keperluan. Ia bertujuan bagi mengenal pasti punca masalah, …
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Kajian keperluan kecerdasan emosi guru pelatih program ijazah sarjana muda perguruan di Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia
Kecerdasan emosi adalah kemampuan seseorang untuk menerima, menilai, mengelola serta mengawal emosi dirinya dan orang lain disekitarnya. Kecerdasan emosi yang tinggi boleh membentuk individu yang berjaya dan cemerlang dalam hubungan interpersonal dan intrapersonal. Sebaliknya kekurangan kecerdasan …
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Gaya kepimpinan dan kompetensi pengetua untuk meningkatkan prestasi Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (SMPN) di Kota Batam
Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangun gaya kepimpinan dan kompetensi pengetua untuk meningkatkan prestasi Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri di Kota Batam. Kajian ini melibatkan 3 fasa yang dijalankan untuk proses pembangunan iaitu; fasa pertama dijalankan dengan menggunakan kaedah kualitatif. Fasa ini …
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Investigating conscious, psychophysiological, and behavioural measures of covert surveillance detection via nonconventional means
Many people have turned to see someone behind them due to a 'sense' they were being watched. Others have 'inexplicably' felt as though they were the focus of others' attention, despite there being no conventional means via which this could be detected (Sheldrake, 2003). The most popular and …
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A comparison of NN-DMT, changa & 5-MeO-DMT and the near-death experience: qualitative analyses and reviews of the neuroscience
A complete explanation of the near-death experience (NDE) has still not been developed. However, the elevating effects on entropy and thus on richness of experience by psychedelics implies their possible endogenous function in the, otherwise ‘paradoxical’, recovery of consciousness near death. …
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A neuroscientific and cognitive examination of individual differences in face recognition ability
There are large individual differences in face processing ability, with Super-Recognisers (SRs) being exceptionally superior to individuals with average face recognition ability. This thesis describes seven experiments examining SRs’ cognitive performance as well as neural/electrical activity in …
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