Search for dissertations about: "thinking process - psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words thinking process - psychology.

  2. 1. Process and representation in multiple-cue judgment

    Author : Anna-Carin Olsson; Peter Juslin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the cognitive processes and representations underlying human judgment in a multiple-cue judgment task. Several recent models assume that people have several qualitatively distinct and competing levels of knowledge representations (Ashby, Alfonso-Reese, Turken, & Waldron, 1998; Erickson & Kruschke, 1998; Nosofsky, Palmeri, & McKinley, 1994; Sloman, 1996). READ MORE

  4. 2. Primary and secondary process thinking in creative performance: group, alcohol and emotional influences

    Author : Nina Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; creativity; primary process; secondary process; group work; de Bono; alcohol; agression;

    Abstract : Degree of licentiate in psychology Abstract Svensson, N (2010). Primary and secondary process thinking in creative performance: group, alcohol and emotional influences. Department of psychology, university of Gothenburg, Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Do you dare to think outside the box? : Impacts of alcohol, negative affect and evaluation apprehension on inhibition of creative performance

    Author : Nina Svensson; Per Kristensson; Renée Perrin-Wallqvist; Ingegerd Carlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Creativity; inhibition; group work; alcohol; emotion; creative self-efficacy; evaluation apprehension; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Conditions relating to evaluation apprehension, alcohol and affect were investigated in relation to creative performance. Study I compared group work with individual work, and control conditions were compared with de Bono creativity-enhancing techniques. READ MORE

  6. 4. Contrasting perspectives on the subjective managerial role

    Author : Monica E. Nyström; Bo Strangert; Stefan Jern; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Managerial role; role theory; organizational change; subjective role projects; role problems; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Managerial behavior often differs between individuals and situations. To understand this variation the manager’s own interpretation of the role, context and role behavior is especially important. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Making of an Expert Detective. Thinking and Deciding in Criminal Investigations

    Author : Ivar Fahsing; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal investigation; Expert; Decision-Making; Abductive Reasoning;

    Abstract : Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology, this thesis examines the degree to which individual and systemic factors may compensate for inherent biases in criminal detectives’ judgments and decision-making. Study I – an interview study – explored criminal detectives’ views of critical factors related to decision making in homicide investigations. READ MORE