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The purpose of this study is to examine the thought processes behind judgements, based on the first impression, which people do about others. As these judgements can have a profound effect, our aim is to increase awareness about what influences them. We have used the phenomenological method, which proceeds from "self-reports". Our 10 participants were asked, through open questions, to wr
The purpose of this study was to examine if results on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) could be affected by self-involvment and post-decision processes. 74 participants (mainly students) completed a self-esteem and a self-involvement questionnaire and two IATs. Self-involvement was manipulated by distributing two tasks assumed to be of different difficulty level. Post-decision processes was in
Weight and body image seem to be predominant issues in the adolescent years, especially for girls, and obsessions with these may sometimes manifest in extreme ways as eating disorders. One symptom in these disorders is that the size of the body is grossly overestimated. This study hypothesizes that this may be linked to a neuropsychological component in the development of the individual Body Schem
The aim of this study is to examine how students perceive and value their prior merits. We will also study whether there is a discrepancy in how employers and applicants perceive and value their images and representations of applicants prior merits. In addition we will try to suggest that discrepancy may harm the possibility to carry out a successful recruiting; in that effect incongruity may lead
The theory about the elderly has been formulated based upon the analysis of 14 one-hour interviews with self-sufficient urban pensioners from 67 to 87 years of age. The main goal of this study was to explore the subjective experience of aging and reproduce this experience as a verifiable, Grounded theory. Our theory is compared and linked to the Theories of Gerotranscendence, Mindfulness, Socioemo
Attributions help us to explain events in our social world, that otherwise would seem disorganized and confusing. Once we make attributions, the flow of impressions become understandable and make our lives more predictable and meaningful. The purpose of this study was to find out if there were any relations between attribution style and personality and attribution style in relation to sex. With th
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of emotionally negative valenced pictures on the memory process. Appraisal theory of emotions was included as a framework for the understanding of how the emotional process functions with supplementation from evolutionary theory in order to develop the view. The memory process was understood in the frame of especially Tulving's (1986) distinct
In the present study, our aim was to investigate how emotional valence influences the recollective experience and confidence judgements of memory. We also investigated if subliminal manipulation can have a valence dependent effect on the realism in confidence judgements. In Experiment 1, the first phase involved participants being shown pictures and asked to select the pictures that had either neg
The purpose of this study was to evaluate what the employees of Luftfartsverket (Swedish Civil Aviation Administration) think is important for a socially and economically sustainable development. A qualitative questionnaire was designed and handed out to a random sample of the employees by email. The results showed that all the questionnaire's statements within the social dimension of sustaina
The present article deals with the risk perception of students within the field of HIV and AIDS. A questionnaire study with a 2 x 2 x 2 experimental design was conducted in order to assess the perceived risk of contracting HIV. The goal of the questionnaires was to measure the possible influence with regard to the texts (HIV prevention versus HIV causes economical problems in Africa), the optimist
This project has been carried out on behalf of ALMI Företagspartner and the regional council in south Sweden (Region Skåne). Its aim has been to look for eventual differences between, from a strict economical criterion, growing and non-growing female entrepreneurs. The study also investigates eventual differences between younger and older women leading companies successfully. Data collection was o
This report aims to investigate and increase the understanding for the recruitement process, and how recruiters create meaning. Within this area the focus is on recruiters implicit thoughts about applicants clothing and grooming, and how they evaluate these criteria in a CV. Five recruiters at different national companies where asked to answer questions about six candidate´s CV:s. Each CV had a ph
The qualitative aim of this study is to explore the psychological aspects of the motives and experiences of twelve men in relation to parental leave. The nature and plurality of their subjective experiences are emphasized from a phenomenological perspective. Data was obtained by inviting fathers to answer questions in writing using self reports. The aim of the questions was to explore how parental
Office designs are at present mostly designed for employees rather than with them. Companies that move into open-plan offices have intentions of increasing communication and exchange of knowledge between different departments. An open-plan office is also cost beneficial for companies with respect to space and a need for supervision. The purpose of this study was to find out if there is a relation
The purpose of this study was to examine and understand the motives employees on a particular workplace have towards physical activity and inactivity. This was done using the transtheoretical model which divides people into the five different stages representing each individual's motivational readiness for change towards a more physically active lifestyle and then comparing contemplation stage
Personaluthyrningsbranschen har ökat markant under 1990-talet. Olika undersökningar tyder på att anställningstypen innebär omväxling och frihet, men också oförutsägbarhet och brist på kontinuitet. Med hypotesen att uthyrningspersonal har en, ur stresshänseende, sämre arbetssituation och lägre psykiskt välbefinnande än tillsvidareanställda gjordes, utifrån krav/kontrollmodellen, en enkätundersöknin
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of shame and sadness on stereotyping towards older/younger persons. Velten mood induction procedure was used to induce the relevant emotions. Research has shown that people in negative moods tends to use stereotypes in their evaluation of social groups to a lesser extent then people in positive moods. Hence it was relevant to study the e
The purpose of present study has been to investigate what significance trust, attachment styles and trait-anxiety have to young adults' attitude to different modes of transportation. The relationship between the trust and attachment style of the young adults and the one of their parents who was responsible for their transportation while they were 10 years old is analysed. 76 young adults, aged
The aim of this study is to investigate the current leadership style and the organisational climate at the LFV in Sturup. To assess the leadership style the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) by Bass (1985) was used. The organisational climate was measured with the GEFA developed by Ekvall (1986). The participants of the survey were employees from all departments of the airport, but no lea
We have conducted a phenomenological study on students who will become officers (KB-elever) and our subject is leadership. Our first purpose was to determine their point of view in leadership and how the describe it on two occasions. One occasion before and one after a field-training course in survival techniques. We also wanted to see if the view on leadership was shared and if it had changed aft
