Search for dissertations about: "attribution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 69 swedish dissertations containing the word attribution.

  2. 1. The Role of Causal Attribution and Self-Focused Attention for Shyness

    Author : Charlotte Alm; Erik Lindberg; Ann Frodi; Henry Montgomery; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shyness; self-focused attention; behavioral inhibition; attribution; internal causes; external causes; Blyghet; självfokuserad uppmärksamhet; beteendemässig inhibition; attribution; interna orsaker; externa orsaker; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka på vilket sätt och i vilken utsträckning blyga personer skiljer sig från icke-blyga personer med avseende på deras attributionsmönster. Resultaten från 3 kvantitativa och 1 kvalitativ studie visar en något annorlunda bild av hur blyghet relaterar till social kognition jämfört med tidigare forskning i området. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Causal Attribution

    Author : B. Ingemar B. Lindahl; Dugald Murdoch; Ingmar Pörn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; cause-condition distinction; causal selection; differentiating factor; inus condition; explanation; covering-law model; Mill’s methods; objectivity; pragmatics; responsibility; abnormalism; history; science; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation treats of the problem of attributing the occurrence of an individual event or state to a single cause — a problem commonly understood either as a question of distinguishing the cause from the mere conditions or as a matter of singling out, from several causes, one cause, as the cause. The main purpose of the study is to clarify some basic concepts, and some criteria of ascertainment of the cause, that may be discerned in the literature on causal attribution. READ MORE

  5. 3. Motivations for human behaviour : Relating attribution and expectancy inferences to socioeconomic and religious orientations among Ewe Christians in Ghana

    Author : Dziedzorm R. Asafo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Motivation; Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations; Cognitive and Symbolic Religiosity; Rituals; Attribution; Expectancy; Dialogue; Inference; Altruism; Values; Relatedness; Motives; Emotions; Churches; Religious Behaviour; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; religionssociologi; religionssociologi;

    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

  6. 4. Route attribution of chemical warfare agents : Retrospective classification of unknown threat samples

    Author : Karin Höjer Holmgren; Johan Dahlén; Crister Åstot; Peter Haglund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Impurity profiling; Chemical attribution signature; Route sourcing;

    Abstract : Although chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are prohibited under international law, there have been numerous crimes that violates the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) during the last decade, especially in the civil war in Syria where sarin, mustard gas and chlorine have all been used. CWAs have also been used in political assassinations and attempts thereof. READ MORE

  7. 5. On temperature-related mortality in an elderly population and susceptible groups

    Author : Daniel Oudin Åström; Joacim Rocklöv; Paul Wilkinson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Heat-related mortality; attribution; elderly; susceptible groups; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Background: Climate change has increased the frequency, intensity, duration, and spatial extent of some extreme weather events, for instance heat waves. Societies today are experiencing an ongoing change in the population structure yielding an increasing proportion elderly due to increased longevity, resulting in higher prevalence of chronic and degenerative diseases. READ MORE