Search for dissertations about: "emotion concepts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words emotion concepts.

2. 1. Embodied cognition and emotion in multisensory media

   Author : Ana Tajadura; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; media; emotion; psychoacoustics; auditory-induced emotions; embodied emotion; presence.; self-representation; embodiment; multisensory perception;

   Abstract : Emotions underlie most events in our everyday life perception. They prepare ourselves for an optimum response to these events, either showing attraction or rejection to them. Likewise, media has the power to evoke in us similar affective processes as the ones created by real situations. READ MORE

4. 2. 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

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Patients’ perceptions of actual care conditions and patient satisfaction with care quality in hospital

   Author : Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl; Bodil Wilde Larsson; Marie-Louise Hall-Lord; Ingela Karlsson; Bengt Fridlund; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emotion; external care conditions; inpatient; patient perspective; patient satisfaction; person-related conditions; quality of care; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : There are theoretical and methodological difficulties in measuring the concepts of quality of care and patient satisfaction, and the conditions associated with these concepts. A theoretical framework of patient satisfaction and a theoretical model of quality of care have been used as the theoretical basis in this thesis. Aim. READ MORE

7. 5. Making sense of knowledge work

   Author : Anna Rylander; Tore J. Larsson; Per-Olov Berg; KTH; []
   Keywords : embodiment; emotion; intellectual capital; knowledge-intensive firms; knowledge work; organizational identity; physical setting; place; work environment; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : According to a dominant discourse in contemporary writings and research, we are living in a Knowledge Economy where knowledge is seen as the pre-eminent resource and the key to success for individuals as well as organizations and nations. Consequently, much effort in management research has been dedicated to devising new concepts and theories such as the knowledge-based theory of the firm and the intellectual capital perspective, all premised on the assumption that knowledge work is somehow different from other forms of work. READ MORE