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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Gratification"”.
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Ego Depletion and Delay of Gratification
… Participants then completed a delay-of-gratification task where they either chose the immediate, small reward of 1 research participation credit or waited for a larger amount of credit. Participants who completed a difficult task while being recorded by a video camera waited a shorter …
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Uses and Gratification of Sports Media Audiences
… live NFL game broadcasts with others, 2) their gratifications as a consequence of the group watching, 3) their motivations to use sports Twitter while watching live NFL game broadcasts, 4) their gratifications as a consequence of sports Twitter use while watching the game broadcasts, and 5) the …
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Impulsive buying and delay of gratification among adults with ADHD
… groups, and (ii) that a poor ability to delay gratification, reduced quality of life and increased ADHD symptoms predicts impulsive buying. Additionally (iii), more correlation is found between ADHD symptoms and impulsive buying in the ADHD group than in those without. Method: The Buying …
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The relationship between time estimation and an individual's ability to delay gratification
… passage of time and his or her ability to delay gratification. In this study, undergraduate students were asked to estimate time intervals using a time estimation computer program and to provide a verbal estimation of time intervals. These scores were then correlated with delay of gratification …
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The effect of internal and external distractors on self-imposed delay of gratification
… conditions preschool children would delay gratification longer given the choice between a smaller immediate, and a larger delayed reward in a non-instrumental paradigm.Prior to the experiment 70 subjects from a pool of 81 subjects were randomly assigned to 8 treatment groups with 4 males …
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The Gratification Niches of Internet Social Networking, E-mail, and Face-to-face Communication
… the aim of this study is to understand the gratifications that are derived from the use of social networking sites, and how those gratifications compare with those obtained from the use of other communications methods (face-to-face communication and e-mail). Additionally, the study explores …
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Le statut avantagé: un nouveau regard sur la gratification relative collective et les préjugés traditionnels
… stabilité de ce dernier, sur le lien entre la gratification relation collective et les attitudes racistes des Euro-Canadiens à l'endroit des personnes d'origine autochtone." --Sommaire
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A Transnational and Intergenerational Account of Value Preference Patterns: Revisiting Needs-gratification and Post-materialist Theories
… than material acquisition. In contrast to needs-gratification theory (Maslow, 1970), and post-materialist theory (Inglehart, 1971), this paper discusses agency in terms of relational autonomy (Oshana, 2006), as it pertains to power. I argue that a) personal and national economic affluence or …
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A study of Myspace and Facebook from the perspectives of uses and gratification and impression management
… (SNS), from the perspectives of the uses and gratification model and impression management theory. As a qualitative exploratory study, this thesis had three objectives. First, it investigated why young people use SNS. Second, it sought to discover how members use SNS for self-presentation. …
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Human Resources Utilization Among Korean Professional Working Women: Role Changes and the Factors Which Influence Potential Role Gratification and Strain
… Korean professional working women have higher gratification and more strain than do housewives. Other cultural experiences of the sample may have influenced ideologies that modified sex-role attitudes and gratification and strain from performing sex-roles.
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Not only enjoyment : An investigation of computer game playing from perspectives of emotion, immersion and gratifications
… Finally, the study also applies the uses and gratification paradigm to investigate the motivations behind CG playing. The study is based on a survey of 167 Chinese computer game players. In the survey, these players self-report their emotions (with a Chinese version of PANAS-X), their …
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External responsiveness to food and nonfood items among obese and nonobese children of two ages
… than the nonobese to delay an immediate smaller gratification to maximize reward magnitude. No significant differences were found between obese and nonobese children regarding nonfood delay choices. These findings are discussed in terms of ontogeny of externality, the cause of some forms of …
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Educators' Perceptions of Twitter for Educational Technology Professional Development: A Uses and Gratifications Expectancy Model
… proposed to examine how educators' uses and gratifications expectancy of Twitter for professional development influences their perceived e-learning experience. In addition, it sought to investigate the demographics of participants who were seeking educational technology knowledge through …
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Prevailing Attitudes Toward Work and The Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Work Ethic Dimensions
… Centrality to Work, Wasted time and Delay of Gratification. Religiosity was presented from the point of view of its expressions relating to human society and its members' practical life including occupation, economy and work rather than the essence of the religion. Results indicated that …
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Erotic Love and the Development of Proto -Capitalist Ideology in Early Modern Comedy
… for one another work to valorize both sexual gratification and commodity ownership. For example, in The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio conflates Portia's wealth and erotic appeal when he says, ""her sunny locks/Hang on her temples like a golden fleece."" This type of valorization, in turn, works …
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Eliza Haywood's Feigning Femmes Fatale: Desirous and Deceptive Women in "Fantomina," <em>Love in Excess</em>, and <em>The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless</em>.
… achieve sexual power and even to obtain sexual gratification.</p> <p>Haywood also explores the theme of women's uses of deception and even disguise as methods by which to skirt the confines of a male dominated society and as modes devoted to escaping the boundaries they inflict upon themselves …
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