Search for dissertations about: "social judgments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the words social judgments.

  2. 1. Differentiating the Poor : Patterns of Discrimination in Decision-Making on Social Assistance Eligibility

    Author : Klara Hussénius; Hugo Stranz; Åke Bergmark; Helena Blomberg-Kroll; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bias; deservingness; discrimination; ethnicity; gender; social assistance assessments; social policy; social workers; street-level bureaucrats; socialt arbete; Social Work;

    Abstract : Access to the Swedish welfare state’s last safety net, social assistance, is ultimately determined through discretionary decision-making by social workers. This dissertation examines intersectional patterns and discriminatory bias in social workers’ assessments about social assistance eligibility. READ MORE

  4. 2. Realism in metacognitive judgments : Effects of social factors

    Author : Marcus Johansson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social factors; metacognitive judgments; frequency judgments; Realism; confidence judgments; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Theoretical accounts and models of calibration typically explain the degree of realism (validity) in confidence and frequency judgments in terms of different cognitive and methodological factors. The present thesis demonstrates that also social factors are of importance for the degree of realism in these types of metacognitive judgments. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Coloniality of Taste : A political ecology of middle class food practices in a Bolivian city

    Author : Sarah Kollnig; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cochabamba; middle class; white; coloniality; chicken meat; taste;

    Abstract : Cochabamba city, also referred to as the “gastronomic capital of Bolivia”, is a place where different cultures and tastes meet. Indulging in rich culinary traditions is a part of everyday life, but so are social differentiations reproducing long-standing inequalities between the indigenous and the non-indigenous population. READ MORE

  6. 4. Child protection through an abuse-focused lens : Adolescent victimization and Swedish social services responses

    Author : Hanna Linell; Astrid Schlytter; Evy Gunnarsson; Elisabeth Näsman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child abuse; adolescent victimization; child protection; honour-related violence; compulsory care; disclosure; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : Knowledge concerning the social services’ use of the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act 1990:52 (CYPA) is relatively scarce, especially when it comes to the protection of adolescents victimized by abuse. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate and discuss different conceptualisations of abuse, adolescents’ agency regarding abuse, victimization and social intervention, and how abuse and adolescent victimization are responded to, primarily by the social services. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prejudice: The Interplay of Personality, Cognition, and Social Psychology

    Author : Nazar Akrami; Bo Ekehammar; Rainer Riemann; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Prejudice; implicit prejudice; explicit prejudice; generalized prejudice; personality; Big-Five personality; social dominance orientation; right-wing authoritarianism; social psychology; group membership; group identification; cognition; stereotype knowledge; priming; stereotype activation; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Three main theoretical approaches to the study of the causation of prejudice can be distinguished within psychological research. The cognitive approach suggests that prejudice is a function of cognitive processes where stereotypic information about social groups, stored in memory, is automatically activated and affects people’s judgements and behavior toward members of the target group. READ MORE