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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"socially motivated"”.
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Socially Motivated Vocal Learning
… 3 and 4 study human vocal learning in the socially motivated contexts in which human infants typically learn language. Chapter 3 studies early phonological learning within a social reinforcement paradigm wherein specific features of the interaction between mothers and infants guide the …
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A comparison of socially-motivated discussion forum models for learning management systems
… (LMSes) by exploring the incorporation of sociallymotivated discussion forum models. This study proposes a Web-based application, which includes four different discussion forum models for LMSes, in order to test usability and student preferences. The purpose of this study was to compare two …
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Cluster Analysis in High Dimensions: Robustness, Privacy, and Beyond
… Importantly, in this thesis we also focus on the socially motivated constraints of robustness, privacy, and explainability, and how they affect the complexity of these problems. In our quest to understand cluster analysis under such socially motivated constraints, we discover the first black-box …
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Characterizing the Development of Reward Evaluation Across Adolescence in Female and Male Long-Evans Rats
… and found that male rats overall were more socially directed than female rats when using a fixed ratio, however there was a lack of sex differences when using a progressive ratio, except for male rats at postnatal day (P) 40. At P40 male rats were less socially motivated than P40 female …
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ImpactScore: A Novel Credit Score for Social Impact
Socially motivated lenders pursue lending that considers both financial return and social good, yet they lack a systematic tool to incorporate such considerations into their decisions. This paper proposes the application of credit scoring mechanisms not only to the likelihood of default but also to …
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An evaluation of a mother-infant seminar
… Participants in this study were seen as socially motivated and intelligent women experiencing post-partum adjustment in balancing their time commitment in the roles of wife, mother, and person. This was coupled with a unanimous feeling of chronic tiredness. The seminar provided social …
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Creative networks : socio-technical systems for loosely bound cooperation
… sharing activity within a community can provide socially motivated encouragement for participation as well as pragmatic value of being able to better track downstream use and changes to contributions that an individual makes. We shall present a discussion of loosely bound collaborative practice …
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The perils of workplace recognition: antecedents and consequences of discomfort associated with being the target of threatening upward comparison
… and avoidance behaviors, propensity for socially motivated underachievement, and decreased preference for public recognition. Additionally, direct linkages between the antecedents and consequences were expected, as well as post-hoc hypotheses predicting these direct relationships would …
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Multi-objective cultural algorithms
<p>Evolutionary algorithms, including the Cultural Algorithms and other bio-inspired approaches are frequently used to solve problems that are not tractable for traditional approaches. Previously, research in the field of evolutionary optimization has focused on single-objective problems. On the …
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The sustainability of microfinance institutions in South
… microfinance institutions are seen as socially motivated as opposed to being financially motivated. For that reason, their profitability and sustainability has come under question in the last decade. Two approaches to the issue of sustainability exist. The dominant institutionist …
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Participant motivation and satisfaction with off-campus agricultural credit programs
… Service, etc., employees) were found to be more motivated by professional advancement opportunities and external expectations of supervisors than individuals in other occupations. Government Service personnel also had the lowest mean factor score for cognitive interest. The study concluded that …
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How Primary School Students' Arguments Develop: Taking Initial Steps in a Deductive Discourse
… learners’ initiation in a new discourse would be socially motivated and process-oriented (ritualised) rather than intrinsically motivated and outcome-oriented (explorative). However, the studies in this thesis show that students were able to take explorative first steps in a new deductive …
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New opportunities for equity : a critical examination of community development venture capital
… private sector models of capital generation with socially motivated outcomes, namely job creation for low-income workers, while establishing an alternative model to investing in business. This thesis investigates the burgeoning urban CDVC industry through case studies of three organizations, …
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Social Interaction and Physical Activity among Rural Older Adults
… behaviours. For many, physical activity was socially motivated. The environment also had an impact on older adults’ physical and social interaction, both positively and negatively. Participants in rural communities expressed a sense of community belonging, safety, and trust which fostered …