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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Dogmatism"”.
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Birth Order and Its Relationship to Dogmatism
The purpose of this study was to take one definable personality pattern, open and closed mindedness, and to see if this dimension is reflected in ordinal birth position, specifically first- and later-born. The literature reviewed in this study appears to describe the first-born very much like …
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A study of the relationship between dogmatism and ethos
<p>William Brigance in his Speech, Its Techniques and Disciplines in a Free Society reports the German psychologist Zillig’s experiment wherein ten pupils were apparently selected at random, placed in front of their classmates, and asked to follow simple instructions, i.e., “Raise your right …
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Communication Apprehension as a predictor of Proxemic Establishment, Self-Esteem, & Dogmatism
… with proxemic establishment, self-esteem, and dogmatism. The study analyzed these variables utilizing subjects who were statistically either high or low communication apprehensives. Interesting results were attained. An inverse relationship between apprehension and proxemic establishment was …
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Deceiving Appearances: Problems for the Evidential Insensitivity Approach to Phenomenal Dogmatism
… has most commonly gone by the name 'Phenomenal Dogmatism' although variations of it have been defended. Phenomenal dogmatism has been criticized for being too permissive with regard to the states it counts as able to confer foundational justification. In this paper I will consider one attempt, …
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An Experiential Approach to Kant's Moral Philosophy: A Reply to Dogmatism, Formalism and Rigorism
… common criticisms of Kant's moral philosophy (dogmatism, formalism and rigorism), and I show how an experiential approach to Kant's ethics can help us to respond to these three charges. In chapter one I explain the central arguments that Kant's foundational works in moral philosophy proposed, …
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Effects of Situational Authority and Subject's Level of Dogmatism on Attitudes Toward Conventional and Unconventional Music.
… different situations. Rokeach's (1960) theory of dogmatism, a personality theory akin to the older trait theories which rests on the conceptualization of personality as an organization of beliefs or expectancies along a central-peripheral dimension, having a definable and measurable structure, has …
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The Influence of High and Low Dogmatism on Causal Attributions Made Under Conditions of Varying Complexity.
The importance of object and person perception has long been recognized in psychology. Psychology as a scientific discipline had its beginnings in a search for psychophysical laws relating a physical stimulus and the perceived experience of that stimulus. Man was viewed as a passive processor.
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An Analysis of Changes in Self–Concept and Dogmatism in Counselor Trainees During a Short Term NDEA Institute
… relationships between, personal adjustment and dogmatism during a period of time when the individuals concerned were undergoing intensive training in counselor education.
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Industrial arts teachers' personal characteristics related to the frequency of discipline problems
… classrooms or laboratories, level of teacher dogmatism, and selected demographic variables. The research design was ex post facto. Both the dependent and independent variables were viewed retrospectively and neither were manipulated by the investigator. All information collected concerning …
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A study of the relationship of several variables on the political attitudes of adolescents
… curriculum. The Freedans Scale, Law Scale and Dogmatism Field Scale were administered to a random sample of 180 ninth and twelfth grade adolescents which was equally divided between male and female subjects. The sample was further divided by ability levels (low, average, and high) which were …
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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Teachers' Beliefs and the Manner of Structuring the Classroom Physical Environment
… was whether teachers who differed in degree of dogmatism modified their environment to a greater extent over time. The variables of age, ethnicity, grade level, and years of teaching experience were investigated in relation to whether these variables accounted for variability in dogmatism and …
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A Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Skills, Dogmatism and American College Testing Program Scores of Seventh-day Adventist College Freshmen Graduated from Church Related and Public Secondary Schools
… thinking to be negatively correlated with dogmatism and positively correlated with intelligence, both dogmatism and intelligence were included as variables in the study.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> Three hundred and twelve subjects were chosen by a stratified random method from among all …
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The Cognitive Underpinnings of Ideological Thinking
… an individual’s susceptibility to ideological dogmatism and extremism. The aim of the current doctoral research was therefore to examine what psychological traits make some individuals more vulnerable to ideological thinking than others. Theory-driven and data-driven approaches were employed to …
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Selected personality variables of volunteers and non-volunteers for a crisis intervention center
… emotional stability, sociability, and dogmatism as measured by Gordon Personal Profile and Rokeach Dogmatism Scale. The selection of the traits was prompted by a review of literature which indicated that the traits were associated with the characteristics of effective counselors, with …
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The Mother of Chaos and Night: Kant's Metaphilosophical Attack on Indifferentism
… of that crisis in terms of a struggle between dogmatism, skepticism, and indifferentism is given short shrift in the secondary literature, despite its promise to help us understand Kant's claim that transcendental philosophy represents a radical alternative to these philosophical modi vivendi. …
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The effect of short term empathy training on authoritarianism of a small private college faculty
… on the variables of authoritarianism and dogmatism. Several studies regarding empathy training were reviewed. It was found that a majority of the designs used in these studies limited their emphasis to the effect of training on increased empathy. Very little had been done to expand our …
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