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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Implicit Processes"”.
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The Endowment Effect: A Self-Enhancement Perspective
… has examined various cognitive and affective processes underlying the endowment effect, some fundamental questions remain unanswered. These questions pertain to the intriguing nature of the endowment effect and the nature of the construct used to explain the phenomenon - loss aversion. In an …
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Factor structure of the assessment of qualitative and structural dimensions of object representations (AOR) scale
… one measure of PR that benefits from measuring implicit processes and minimizing self-presentation; however, little research has examined its factor structure. The present study used archival data from four previous studies containing clinical and nonclinical samples totaling 722 participants. …
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What lies beneath organisational behaviour : the role of hidden and unconscious processes at work
… tenet of psychoanalytic theory is that mental processes that are "hidden" and operate at an "unconscious" level can impact employee behaviour, outside of their awareness (Kets de Vries, 2009). (In this thesis such processes are referred to as "below-the-surface" motivation.) Given the value of …
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Dissecting design : exploring the role of rules in the design process
… in the 1960s, computers and computational processes have been gradually introduced in the field of architecture to the point where today they are an inherent part of architectural practice and education. This extensive use of computers in architecture, however, occurs late in the design …
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The measurement of implicit responses to life and death: Implications for sub-clinical psychopathology
… there is a burgeoning literature on implicit responses to life and death. The current thesis employs the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to assess implicit relational responses to life and death in a non-clinical undergraduate …
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Implicit abandonment distress
… the cognitive revolution has brought mental processes (including implicit processes) back into psychological science, psychodynamic theory continues to be criticized as adhering to models of psychopathology that cannot lead to testable predictions and knowledge accumulation (Hoffart & …
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Attention and awareness in human learning and decision making
… from conscious attention rather than from implicit processes. The first three experiments utilised a modification of the Serial Reaction Time task in order to measure the interaction of implicit and explicit learning processes. The results did not show evidence for an interaction, but did …
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On Developing the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a Tool for Quantifying Tobacco Addiction
The present research aimed to develop the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP) as a means of quantifying tobacco addiction in terms of implicit (i.e. automatic) evaluative processes. Chapter 1 begins by highlighting the fundamental importance of such processes to the losses of personal …
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On the Provenance of Software Systems: Automating Software Traceability with Knowledge Graph and Large Language Model Synergy
… creation, but little focus is paid to the processes that produce them. In terms of Ontology, or, from Ancient Greek, the <em>study of being</em>, the two most basic entities in reality are Continuant and Occurrent, or, roughly, “Artifact” and “Process”. This dissertation posits that for any …
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From working memory to maths: A multi-measure physiological investigation of the impact of anxiety
… measures to both anxious responses and executive processes make these measures appealing for advancing our understanding of maths anxiety (MA). The overarching research question asked whether anxiety affects the accuracy of the representations in WM, process that is thought to be central in …