Search for dissertations about: "confirmation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 173 swedish dissertations containing the word confirmation.

2. 1. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

   Author : Moa Lidén; Minna Gräns; Peter Juslin; Steven Penrod; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legal decision making; bias; confirmation bias; criminal cases; criminal procedure; police; prosecutor; judge; legal system; empirical legal research; evidence based law; debiasing technique; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

   Abstract : Confirmation bias is a tendency to selectively search for and emphasize information that is consistent with a preferred hypothesis, whereas opposing information is ignored or downgraded. This thesis examines the role of confirmation bias in criminal cases, primarily focusing on the Swedish legal setting. READ MORE

4. 2. Psychiatric care of people at risk of committing suicide : narrative interviews with registered nurses, physicians, patients and their relatives

   Author : Anne-Grethe Talseth; Astrid Norberg; Jan Beskow; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatric care; in-patients at risk of committing suicide; registered nurses; physicians; relatives; narratives; phenomenological hermeneutics; confirmation; communion; consolation; hope; Självmord; psykiatrisk omvårdnad;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis are to illuminate the meaning of being cared for and treated by nurses and physicians, as narrated by psychiatric suicidal in-patients; the meaning of taking care of and treating patient at risk of committing suicide, as narrated by nurses and physicians; and the meaning of being met and having one’s suicidal relative taken care of by health personnel, as narrated by relatives. Narrative interviews were conducted with 42 adult patients at risk of committing suicide in an in-patient psychiatric unit, 19 RNs, 19 physicians, and 15 relatives at a hospital in Norway. READ MORE

5. 3. Women’s experiences of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage III or IV and the experiences of their close relatives

   Author : Ann Ekdahl; Malin Rising Holmström; Siv Söderberg; Lena Marmstål Hammar; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; confirmation; everyday life; experiences; healthcare encounters; health; interviews; lived experience; phenomenological hermeneutics; qualitative content analysis; well-being; women;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis is in nursing and the overall aim was to explore, describe, and generate knowledge about women’s experiences of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stages III or IV, and about the experiences of their close relatives. Living with a serious long-term illness such as COPD profoundly affects a person’s everyday life and thereby their health and well-being. READ MORE

6. 4. Media Echo Chambers: Selective Exposure and Confirmation Bias in Media Use, and its Consequences for Political Polarization

   Author : Peter Dahlgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; selective exposure; confirmation bias; political polarization; affective polarization; ideological polarization; political attitudes; political preferences;

   Abstract : The new digital media landscape has created a high-choice media environment that has made it easier for people to find news and information that support their political beliefs and attitudes, and avoid news and information that challenge those beliefs or attitudes. How does this affect people’s selection of content and political polarization in the long run? This thesis investigates the relationship between different political preferences (political party, political interest and ideological leaning) and selective media use over time among the Swedish population, and whether this selectivity leads to political polarization (ideological polarization and affective polarization). READ MORE

7. 5. Reading expectations : How expectations influence our reading, eye movements, opinions, and judgments

   Author : Alexander Strukelj; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; antonyms; cognitive linguistics; confirmation bias; expectations; experimental pragmatics; eye movements: reading; eye tracking; headlines; implicit and explicit detection of incongruities; myside bias; opinion shift; paragraph reading; processing; reading; sentence judgment; visual analog scale;

   Abstract : The way we view the world is constantly affected by our expectations. The aim of this book is to determine how expectations affect the way we read. This will help us better understand how we process information, and how our expectations may change the way we read. The research is situated in experimental pragmatics and reading research. READ MORE