Search for dissertations about: "implicit attitudes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words implicit attitudes.
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1. Prejudiced Personalities Revisited : On the Nature of (Generalized) Prejudice
Abstract : In the media, one type of prejudice is often discussed as isolated from other types of prejudice. For example, after Breivik’s massacre, intolerance toward Muslims was intensely debated (for good reasons). However, his manifesto also disclosed extreme attitudes towards women and gays, a fact which passed without much notice. READ MORE
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2. Anorexia Nervosa : Emotion, Cognition, and Treatment
Abstract : Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious disorder with long-term consequences for those afflicted. No evidence-based care is available for adults with full or subthreshold AN. The thesis research investigated aspects of emotion and cognition relevant to the maintenance of AN that might inform psychological treatment. READ MORE
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3. Olfaction and prejudice : The role of body odor disgust sensitivity and disease avoidance in understanding social attitudes
Abstract : Disease avoidance is one of the main roles of olfaction. In particular, body odors are universal elicitors of disgust, a core emotion that plays a key role in disease avoidance. The disease avoidance theoretical framework emphasizes psychological mechanisms – attitudes and behaviors – aiming to recognize and evade pathogen threats. READ MORE
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4. Comfortably numb : choose, eat, waste : four experimental essays on consumers’ acceptance of sub-optimal food
Abstract : A vast amount of food is being wasted across the globe and the entire supply chain. There are multiple reasons for this, but when it comes to our part as consumers, the amount of food wasted is mostly due to our unwillingness to accept food that deviates from the norm, which is called sub-optimal food. READ MORE
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5. Language policy and Sámi education in Sweden : ideological and implementational spaces for Sámi language use
Abstract : In Sámi schools in Sweden, the use of the Sámi languages and Swedish as languages of instruction is regulated by government and education policy; legislation allows Sámi and Swedish to be used for teaching and learning. However, agency and personal beliefs about Sámi languages play important roles in language use. READ MORE