Search for dissertations about: "Expectancy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 194 swedish dissertations containing the word Expectancy.
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1. Motivations for human behaviour : Relating attribution and expectancy inferences to socioeconomic and religious orientations among Ewe Christians in Ghana
Abstract : Since Max Weber's controversial thesis about the source of Western capitalism, social scientists have become embroiled in, and preoccupied with the central question of the function of ideology in human behaviour. In the process, other questions relating to this issue and especially that of religion came to attract the attention of many researchers. READ MORE
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2. Life expectancy in Africa : A cross-national study
Abstract : This thesis seeks to investigate the factors underlying the differences in life expectaocy in 28 low and middle-income African countries. The thesis is divided into two parts. READ MORE
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3. Understanding attention selection in driving: From limited capacity to adaptive behaviour
Abstract : Accident analysis studies have consistently identified attention-related failures as key factors behind road crashes. However, less is known about how such failures lead to accidents. READ MORE
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4. Imaging serotonin and dopamine transporters in social anxiety disorder : Characterization, treatment and expectancy effects
Abstract : The monoamines serotonin and dopamine are likely to be involved in the pathophysiology of social anxiety and other affective disorders, but their respective contributions and putative interactions in the causes and cures of these disorders are still not well understood. It is also largely unknown if and how expectations of treatment success affect brain neurochemistry and neural activations, and if expectations interact with antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). READ MORE
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5. Freedom in a bottle : Young Swedes on rationales and norms for drunken behaviour
Abstract : There is today much evidence for a positive relationship between alcohol and violence. There are however still many questions about the nature of the relationship. READ MORE