Search for dissertations about: "individual differences"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1462 swedish dissertations containing the words individual differences.

2. 6. Metacognition and Confidence : Mood, Individual Differences, Developmental and Social Aspects

   Author : Anna-Carin Jonsson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Developmental; Eyewitness memory; Individual Differences; Calibration; Realism in confidence judgments; Metacognition; Psykologi; psychology;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the realism in people's confidence judgments. Study I investigated whether mood influences the confidence people have in their event memory. However, there were no significant differences in the realism of the participants' confidence judgments between conditions (elated and neutral). READ MORE

4. 7. Personality research in teams : A methodological reconsideration of the individual differences perspective

   Author : Rebecka Persson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personlaity; teams; individual differences; methods; psychological mesaurement; multilevel modeling; applied psychology;

   Abstract : The aim of this doctoral dissertation was to investigate whether the application of personality in team research canbe performed so that the individual differences, that are typically studied in personality research, are maintained.Two different approaches to apply personality to team research, without changing the unit of study from individualsto teams, were suggested and demonstrated with example data. READ MORE

5. 8. Strategies in the rat gambling task : Individual differences in decision-making and associations to behavior, neurobiology and human strategies

   Author : Nikita Tjernström; Erika Roman; Barry Everitt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Behavior; copulatory test; decision-making; ethanol; gambling disorder; impulsivity; individual differences; Iowa gambling task; MALDI-MSI; multivariate concentric square field; neurobiology; novel cage; opioid antagonist; rat gambling task; resting-state fMRI; Farmaceutisk vetenskap; Pharmaceutical Science;

   Abstract : Gambling disorder (GD) is a behavioral addiction characterized by persistent and recurrent gambling behavior that disrupts personal, social or professional life. Studies have revealed that GD shares many features with alcohol and substance use disorders, but little is known about potential unique features in GD and to what extent characteristics are shared. READ MORE

6. 9. Memory, attention and interaction in early development: Exploring individual differences among typical children and children with autism

   Author : Karin Strid; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Memory; social communication; interaction; individual differences; autism spectrum disorder; language development;

   Abstract : This thesis aimed to study differences in early memory ability, social attention and interaction and how these different areas affect language and cognitive development. This was done using a longitudinal approach where a group of children were followed from infancy to childhood and also in a comparative study where a group of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder was compared to a group of typically developing children, matched on language age. READ MORE

7. 10. Causes and consequences of individual variation in anti-predator traits

   Author : Kaj Hulthén; Enhet akvatisk ekologi; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal migration; partial migration; individual differences; predator; personality trait; phenotypic plasticity; inducible defence; mortality risk;

   Abstract : Predation imposes a potent evolutionary force on prey, moulding the evolution of traits and diversification of species, and can furthermore have powerful ecological consequences. We know that different species vary in how they cope with their natural enemies, and, consequently, a huge range of anti-predator defences are displayed in nature. READ MORE