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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"reversal theory"”.
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The Stress Is Unbearable, I Hope it Lasts: Case Studies in Reversal Theory
… over their stress experiences. The concepts of reversal theory are used as one way of analysing and interpreting the data
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A reversal theory approach to predicting and explaining university students' attitudes and use of marijuana.
… was designed to consider marijuana use within a reversal theory (Apter, 1982) framework, to describe some of the characteristics of people who use marijuana in reversal theory terms, and to provide further construct validity to reversal theory concepts. The participants ( N = 169), undergraduates …
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Quantitative phase imaging: advances to 3D imaging and applications to neuroscience
… being time, has also been demonstrated. The WDT theory is further extended to explain light scattering through thick tissue, which is not in the single scattering regime. The obtained inverse scattering solution for thick samples is then related to the time-reversal theory, and it is proven that …
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You Didn’t Have To Be There: Evidence of Humour in the Creation and Use of Material Objects From the Near East, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean, From the Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age
… by McGraw & Warren (2010) and Apter’s ‘Reversal Theory’ from 1982. My aim is to explain why objects could have been funny and may have acted as powerful social tools, catering to our strong psychological drive to laugh. Drawing upon a number of interactive clay objects from the Neolithic …
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The Lived experience of the popular music festival-goer.
… than the bipolar explanation of concepts such as reversal theory. This resonates with the critical theories of leisure, especially that of freedom and constraint and the need to accept negative as well as positive emotions in a holistic view of the experience. Stebbins (2006, 2011) may refer to …
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Motivating Subjects: Data Sharing in Cancer Research
This dissertation explores motivation in decision-making and action in science and technology, through the lens of a case study: scientific data sharing in cancer research. The research begins with the premise that motivation and emotion are key elements of what it means to be human, and …