Search for dissertations about: "Emotion"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 304 swedish dissertations containing the word Emotion.

2. 21. The Role of Emotion in the Interpretation of Sounds

   Author : Penny Bergman; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; auditory-induced emotions; Interpretation; psychoacoustics; Mediation analysis; Categorization; Emotion responses;

   Abstract : Historically there has been a conceptual distinction between reason and passion, i.e. emotions and higher levels of cognitive processing has been viewed apart from each other and studied separately. Recent research suggest a more dynamic interaction where the emotional responses may affect several aspects of higher level cognitive functioning. READ MORE

4. 22. Shame: Mechanisms of Activation and Consequences for Social Perception and Self-image

   Author : Katja Claesson; Staffan Sohlberg; Lars-Gunnar Lundh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; shame; emotion; self-image; unconscious; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was the exploration of shame. Four experiments are among the very first to empirically test the validity of Tomkins' shame concept. The relation between internalized shame and memories of early interactions was examined, as well as Tomkins' concept of shame as an innate, momentary emotion. READ MORE

5. 23. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

   Author : Marianna Smaragdi; Grekiska (nygrekiska); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rebétiko; Greek music; song texts; lyrics; metaphor; metaphorical expressions; figurative language; conceptual metaphor; emotion concepts; force metaphors; Lakoff and Johnson; Kövecses;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of metaphors of emotion in rebétiko song texts. Rebétiko is a major popular-music style of modern Greece, consisting mostly of melancholic songs full of sorrow, disappointment, and misfortune, as well as passion and romance, but also of cheerful songs of revelry and a carefree attitude to life. READ MORE

6. 24. Feeling and Thinking at Work : Personal and Collective Work-Identity Predictions and Formations

   Author : Ola Nordhall; Igor Knez; Johan Willander; Per Lindberg; Fredrik Saboonchi; Kerstin Isaksson; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; personal and collective work-identity; emotion; cognition; work motivation; organizational pay justice; general mental health; exhaustion; teachers’ psy-chosocial working conditions; work-identity formation; personlig och kollektiv arbetsidentitet; emotion; kognition; arbetsmotivation; organisatorisk lönerättvisa; allmän mental hälsa; utmattning; lärares psykosociala arbetsvillkor; arbetsrelaterad identitetsformation; Health-Promoting Work; Hälsofrämjande arbete;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to investigate emotional and cognitive personal and collective work-identity in predicting employees’ work-related motivation, organizational justice perceptions, general mental health and exhaustion; as well as if psychosocial working conditions might explain some of these relationships. Emotion and cognition in formation of personal and collective work-identity were also investigated. READ MORE

7. 25. What do students’ feel about mathematics? : Compulsory school students’ emotions and motivation towards mathematics

   Author : Martin Nyman; Lovisa Sumpter; Kerstin Larsson; Peter Liljedahl; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Motivation; Emotion; Feelings; Primary education; Compulsory education; Motivation; Känslor; Grundskola; Grundskolelever; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis deals with compulsory school students’ expressed emotions and motivation towards mathematics. Theoretically, it has been guided by Hannula’s meta-theory on affect (e.g., 2012), of which emotion and motivation are part. READ MORE