Search for dissertations about: "verbal behavior"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 59 swedish dissertations containing the words verbal behavior.
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1. Scalable Methods for Developing Interlocutor-aware Embodied Conversational Agents : Data Collection, Behavior Modeling, and Evaluation Methods
Abstract : This work presents several methods, tools, and experiments that contribute to the development of interlocutor-aware Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). Interlocutor-aware ECAs take the interlocutor's behavior into consideration when generating their own non-verbal behaviors. READ MORE
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2. Deaf children in communication : a study of communicative strategies used by deaf children in social interactions
Abstract : This is a descriptive study of communicative strategies used by fifteen deaf preschool children. Five of the children had early sign language experience (ESL), while ten had late sign language experience (LSL). Seven of the LSL children had been orally trained. READ MORE
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3. Preschoolers' peer competence : Developmental perspectives on prosocial behavior, aggression, and social cognition
Abstract : This doctoral thesis explored three broad aspects of preschoolers’ social competence: prosocial behavior, aggression, and social cognition. The longitudinal study followed forty-four children (initially 22-40 months), who were observed in natural peer interactions at their daycare centers during a two-month period in each of three con-secutive years. READ MORE
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4. Self-Image and Economic Behavior
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers studying image concerns in three unique settings. The first paper develops a model incorporating self-image into the buyer's utility in a ''Pay-What-You-Want'' (PWYW) pricing scheme. READ MORE
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5. Executive functions and successful behavior
Abstract : Executive functions are the underlying mechanisms that drive top-down regulation of information processing. While suboptimal executive functions have been investigated in various groups of patients, their impact and contribution to behavioral success have not been clarified. READ MORE