An experiment was conducted to investigate the relative effectiveness of a combined behavior rehearsal anxiety relief conditioning paradigm with a more conventional behavioral rehearsal program in the treatment of deficient assertive behavior.

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The Interpersonal Communication Inventory, a self-report instrument for assessing social skills, was given to undergraduate college students to determine its reliability. Following this administration, other small groups of undergraduates were asked to complete an attraction scale, the Interpersonal Communication Inventory, an assertiveness scale, and a sociometric questionnaire. Results confirmed the Inventory as a reliable instrument, but a stepwise multiple linear regression did not support the hypothesis that the Inventory was a useful predictor of sociometric choice. In addition, Pearson product moment correlations between the Inventory and an assertiveness scale did not confirm the prediction that the two instruments would measure behaviors from different response classes. Definite conclusions could not be stated due to lack of validity data for the Inventory and possible confounding variables.

Магистерская диссертация содержит теоретическую и эмпирическую часть. В теоретической части рассматривается формирование ассертивности у дошкольников, как целенаправленный процесс, способствующий более полному внутреннему раскрытию их личности, успешной социальной адаптации в среде сверстников и социуме в целом. Так как именно в дошкольном возрасте, встает необходимость формирования ассертивности, предпосылки мотивации в учебной деятельности, и мотивации достижений в дальнейшем. В эмпирической части диссертации представлена программа, направленная на закрепление полученных умений, навыков и знаний об особенностях ассертивного поведения дошкольников, подобранны упражнения, направленные на все компоненты ассертивного поведения средствами эмоционального наполнения. Таким образом, необходимость формирования ассертивности у дошкольников рассматривается как одна из актуальных проблем современного воспитания подрастающего поколения. В заключение диссертации сделаны соответствующие выводы по изучаемой проблеме. / Master's thesis contains theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part deals with the formation of assertiveness in preschoolers as a purposeful process, contributing to a more complete disclosure of their inner personality, successful social adaptation among peers and society in general. Since it is in the pre-school age, there is a necessity of formation of assertiveness, motivation background in training activities, and achievement motivation in the future. In the empirical part of the dissertation presents a program aimed at consolidating the obtained skills and knowledge about the features of assertive behavior preschoolers podobranny exercises aimed at all components of assertive behavior by means of emotional content. Thus, the need to build assertiveness in preschool children is considered as one of the urgent problems of modern education of the younger generation. In conclusion, the thesis made the appropriate conclusions for the problem under study.

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This diploma thesis deals with the rise of China in the context of its behavior in the South China Sea over the past decade. The significant economic growth of the People's Republic of China over the last few decades is expected to affect not only the regional balance of powers, but also its position within the international system. There is a wide-ranging debate in academia about how China will grow and how it will affect the international community. As a reaction, in order to explain its growth, China has introduced the concept of "peaceful development", according to which its growth should be seen as an opportunity rather than a threat to the international community. An offensive realism approach was chosen for this work and the ideas of its main advocate John Mearsheimer will be applied to the specific behavior of China in the region. The role of the United States, which influences China's behavior, will also be discussed. The diploma thesis will further deal with the increased Chinese assertiveness in the area of South China Sea and the means it uses in it to enforce its claims. The basic aim of this work is to underscore the contrast between the declared official policy of China and its actual behavior.