Past research suggests association between basal steroid hormone testosterone level and its changes with some individual characteristics (especially some behavioral manifestations of dominance and aggression) and its changes within male-male competition. This relationship is usually (in accordance with evolutionary theory) interpreted as the consequence of different individual prerequisites (or the degree of individual motivation) for high status position including winning a male- male competition. The aim of this study was to test the adequacy of measuring jealousy reaction in adolescent boys by way of changes in salivary testosterone level and finding their associations with some individual characteristics mentioned by researchers. For the purpose of measuring basal testosterone level before starting the experiment and changes in its level following the jealousy stimulus within a competition for a mate which simulated the internet mating and changes in its level after being informed of their failure in this competition, the boys who participated in our study provided three salivary samples (the samples were provided after 15 minutes after the stimuli). For finding associations of basal and mean testosterone level and these hormonal changes with some individual characteristics, the boys filled in...

This thesis deals with the jealousy in the context of masculinity and femininity. The work focuses on jealousy in relationships, which is viewed from a gender and psychological point of view. Main aim of the thesis is to explore the way of constructing jealousy in the context of gender and to find any differences and similarities in such constructs. I am going to fulfill the aim through content analysis of selected lifestyle journals, while some of them are gender-focused on their readers and some are not. The work is divided into two parts, the first, theoretical part deals with the particular definitions and theoretical approaches to jealousy, their description and explanation of the origin of differences in jealousy between men and women. In my own research I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the most widely read magazines in the Czech Republic and therefore I can provide a more comprehensive insight into the topic and gain more comprehensive information about the link between jealousy and gender. I believe that the work will bring better insight into the question of designing jealousy in the context of gender. Key words: gender, masculinity, femininity, psychology, jealousy in romantic relationships

The main objective of this research was to investigate how people use Facebook within the context of their romantic relationships from an attachment theory perspective. In the present study, a convenience sample (n = 179) completed an online survey with questions about Facebook use, attachment style, uncertainty-related behaviors, jealousy, relationship satisfaction and commitment. Results indicate that 1) there is a positive correlation between jealousy and Facebook use; 2) also, there is a positive correlation between jealousy and the time an individual spends viewing their partner's profile; 3) further, jealousy is positively related to uncertainty-reducing behaviors. Taken together, these results support the assertion that there is a downward spiral involving jealousy and Facebook. Results also showed that there are two types of uncertainty-related behaviors: antisocial behaviors and territorial behaviors. Anxious-ambivalent attachment styles were found to engage in antisocial behaviors the most, whereas secure individuals engaged in antisocial behaviors the least. The findings provide ample areas for future research on social networking sites and relationship variables.

No / The Economics of Sin examines the definition and evolution of sin from the perspective of rational choice economics, yet is conscious of the limitations of such an approach. The author argues that because engaging in activities deemed to be sinful is an act of choice, it can therefore be subject to the logic of choice in the economic model. The book considers the formation of religions, including the new age revival of `wicca¿, as regulators of the quasi-market in sins, and goes on to appraise the role of specific sins such as lying, envy, jealousy, greed, lust, sloth, and waste in individual markets and in macroeconomic activity. Empirical evidence on issues such as cannibalism, capital punishment, addiction, adultery and prostitution is also explored. Samuel Cameron concludes that a large percentage of economic activity is intimately connected with forms of sin which are in some circumstances highly beneficial to the functioning of markets, particularly in the presence of market failure. This innovative, interdisciplinary study of the institution of sin will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging readership, including researchers and teachers of economics, sociology and theology. It will also be of importance for anthropologists and philosophers.

Educational Studies / M. Ed.

The thesis focuses on the rendering of the poetics of Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva in Czech translations. The first part deals with the phenomenon of poetesses in the Russian literature and subsequently with Akhmatova's and Tsvetaeva's life, works, style and reception. The second part is focused on contrastive translatological analysis of different approaches to their poetry and detailed analysis of existing Czech translations of Akhmatova's poem Rekviem and Tsvetaeva's work Popytka revnosti. It defines the approach of all translators to translation and evaluates the quality and adequacy of individual translation solutions in relation to the author's style and intention.

Educational Studies / M. Ed.

Selon certains modèles évolutionnistes, les femmes seraient davantage affectées par l’infidélité émotionnelle de leur partenaire masculin que par son infidélité sexuelle. Les mécanismes psychologiques responsables auraient évolué pendant notre passé de chasseur-cueilleur de façon à assurer à la femme un accès exclusif aux ressources économiques provenant du partenaire. Or la situation économique des femmes d’aujourd’hui a considérablement changé depuis cette époque, plusieurs d’entre-elles étant indépendantes financièrement. Dans la présente recherche, nous testons l’hypothèse que les femmes qui sont indépendantes financièrement sont moins intensément, ou moins rapidement, jalouses que les femmes qui dépendent financièrement de leur partenaire. Nous cherchons aussi à savoir si le nombre d’enfants, ou certains traits de personnalité ont une influence sur la jalousie. L’échantillon était constitué d’une soixantaine de femmes et les données proviennent de questionnaires et de mises en situation fictives. Nos résultats ne supportent pas l’hypothèse principale, les divers sous-groupes de femmes étant jalouses à la même intensité. Nous considérons divers facteurs pouvant expliquer l’absence de différences, par exemple, la possibilité que certains aspects de la relation de couple puissent cacher l’effet de la situation économique des femmes. D’autres résultats montrent une différence significative dans l’intensité de la jalousie selon l’identité de la personne en relation avec le partenaire (ancienne versus nouvelle amie). Ces résultats sont aussi évalués dans une perspective évolutionniste. / Evolutionary models propose that women are more affected by emotional infidelity than by sexual infidelity. The associated psychological mechanisms would have evolved during the hunter-gatherer phase of our phylogenetic history and would be a response to a woman’s need to secure exclusive access to the economic resources provided by her mate. The economic situation of women has changed considerably since then, many women being financially independent. In the present study we test the hypothesis that financially independent women are less intensively jealous, or become less rapidly jealous, compared to women who rely financially on their husband. We also assess whether the number of children, or certain personality traits, affect jealousy. Our sample included 60 women and the data were obtained through questionnaires featuring fictional situations. Our results do not support the main hypothesis; the various subgroups of women were jealous at comparable levels. We discuss various factors that might account for these findings, including the possibility that other aspects of the relationship might have concealed the effect of a woman’s economic situation. We also found significant differences in the intensity of jealousy according to the identity of the husband’s fictional partner (old versus new girlfriend). These results are also discussed in an evolutionary perspective.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Celia Nunes.pdf: 328567 bytes, checksum: 118a0c7df07c7eb573ae10bc36698e81 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-17 / This work shows us the importance of reading and its possibilities. We worked with sociointeract reading and one of the possibilities of facilitator text to develop the reading process in school. We brought to discussion the use of MPB like important text and appropriated to develop reader learners. We used as theoretical referential Aristotle s passion and a brief concept of old rhetoric to analyze with the new Perelman and Tyteca´s rhetoric. We detached the use of argument and metaphor in the new rhetoric and found, by means of jealousy´s representation, this presence in MPB songs of 70 s. Finally, we analyzed two MPB songs and pointed the jealousy s presence by means of passion. We followed the rhetoric s bases to identify persuasive speech in MPB and we believe that the argument be able to persuade a lot of types of audience and for phatos be reached it´s just invest in the ethos´ constitution / Essa dissertação trata da importância da leitura e aborda uma das suas nuances como colaboradora na formação do indivíduo leitor. Optamos por trabalhar com a leitura sócio-interativa e a MPB como uma das possibilidades de texto facilitador para desenvolver o processo de leitura: trazemos para a discussão o uso da canção como texto significativo e apropriado para desenvolver a leitura. Utilizamos como referencial teórico as paixões de Aristóteles e um breve conceito da antiga retórica, bem como e traçamos um paralelo com a nova retórica de Perelman e Tyteca. Destacamos o papel do uso do argumento e da metáfora na nova retórica e localizamos, por meio da representação do ciúme, esta presença nas canções de MPB da década de 70. Por fim, analisamos duas canções e apontamos a presença do ciúme por meio das paixões. Seguimos os fundamentos da retórica para identificar o discurso persuasivo na MPB. Concluímos que o argumento é capaz de persuadir os mais diversos auditórios. Para que o pathos seja atingido, é só investir na constituição do ethos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sebastiao Elyseu Junior 2.pdf: 1309648 bytes, checksum: 780dfab0e8a1fc758aa3bbf94ec05941 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-12 / This work deals with the building and validation of a scale of ownership of self-report, based on clinical experience and in an ethological ownership theory, that postulates it as a instinctive tendency of the individual to achieve and/or mantain the dominion of one or more figures of ownership by means of instinctive patterns of ownership behaviour, regulating the provision for self usufruct and/or of the offspring. This first version was composed of 25 items, related to the ownership of the two general types of figures of ownership: people and things. These items allow the subject to indicate the degree of intensity of the answers, in a 4-point Likert scale type (1-weak, 2-medium, 3- strong, 4-excessive). The phase of building included the semantical and theoretical analysis of the items by university students and judges, respectively. The level of agreement among five independent judges in relation to its theoretical pertinence was 90% and Kappa = 0,88, being, thus, high. The sample of the test was constituted of university students (N= 296, 140 male and 156 female) from the areas of humanities, exacts and biologics, aged 18-28. The phase of validation involved the reliability valuation, the construct validity and the criteria validity. The reliability study, made by the Spearman rank correlation coefficient (N= 84, 38 male and 46 female), indicated that the secure and anxious ownership patterns and envious pattern, for people figure, and the secure and anxious ownership patterns, for thing figure, presented acceptable temporal stability in the retest (p< 0,01), four months later. The study of construct validity, made by factorial analysis by the method of analysis of principal components and Oblimin rotation, resulted in three interpretable factors (21,88% of variance), that evaluate the following dimensions: F1 - Ownership security People, F2 - Ownership security Things, and F3 - Ownership detachment. The good internal consistency of the scale was revealed by an Alpha of 0,70. As measure of external criteria, for the study of criteria validity, semi-structured clinical interviews were carried out in a smaller sample (N= 30, 15 male and 15 female). A valuation of agreement among three independent judges, the author included, about the categorisation and quantification of the answers of four interviews, of 69,69% and, by the Kappa coefficient, of 0,51, 0,43 and 0,73 for each pair of judges, was considered acceptable, suggesting the reliability of the criteria. The Spearman rank correlation coefficients, between the scale and interviews, indicated good validity (p< 0,01) for the secure (rs = 0,65) and anxious (rs = 0,73) ownership patterns and envious pattern (rs = 0,65), when they refer to the figure of person or animal. When they refer to the figure of things, the coefficients were a little more modest, but significant (p< 0,01) for the secure (rs = 0,51) and jealous (rs = 0,54) ownership patterns. A descriptive analysis of the distribuition of the referred patterns, in the general sample and by sex, has also been carried out. / Trata-se da constru??o e valida??o de uma escala de posse de auto-relato, baseada na experi?ncia cl?nica e numa teoria etol?gica da posse, que a postula como uma tend?ncia instintiva de o indiv?duo obter e/ou manter o dom?nio de uma ou mais figuras de posse, por meio de padr?es instintivos de comportamento de posse, regulando a provis?o para usufruto pessoal e/ou da prole. Essa primeira vers?o ficou composta por 25 itens, referentes ? posse dos dois tipos gerais de figura de posse: pessoas e coisas. Esses itens permitem ao sujeito indicar o grau de intensidade das respostas, numa escala do tipo Likert de quatro pontos (1-fraca, 2-m?dia, 3-forte, 4-demasiada). A fase de constru??o incluiu a an?lise sem?ntica e te?rica dos itens por universit?rios e juizes, respectivamente. O ?ndice de acordo entre cinco juizes independentes sobre a sua pertin?ncia te?rica foi de 90% e Kappa = 0,88, sendo, portanto, alto. A amostra do teste foi constitu?da por universit?rios (N= 296, 140 homens e 156 mulheres) das ?reas de humanas, exatas e biol?gicas, entre 18 e 28 anos de idade. A fase de valida??o envolveu a estimativa de precis?o, a validade de constructo e a validade de crit?rio. O estudo de precis?o, feito pelo coeficiente de correla??o por postos de Spearman, com uma amostra (N= 84, 38 homens e 46 mulheres), indicou que os padr?es de posse segura e ansiosa e padr?o invejoso, para a figura de pessoa, e os padr?es de posse segura e ansiosa, para a figura de coisa, apresentaram estabilidade temporal aceit?vel no reteste (p< 0,01), quatro meses depois. O estudo de validade de constructo, feito por an?lise fatorial pelo m?todo de an?lise de componentes principais e rota??o Oblimin, resultou em tr?s fatores interpret?veis (21,88% de vari?ncia), que avaliam as seguintes dimens?es: F1 - Seguran?a da posse - Pessoas, F2 - Seguran?a de posse - Coisas, e F3 - Desprendimento da posse. A boa consist?ncia interna da escala foi revelada por um Alpha de 0,70. Como medida de crit?rio externo, para o estudo de validade de crit?rio, foram realizadas entrevistas cl?nicas semi-estruturadas numa amostra menor (N= 30, 15 homens e 15 mulheres). A estimativa de acordo entre tr?s juizes independentes, inclu?do o autor, sobre a categoriza??o e quantifica??o das respostas de quatro entrevistas, de 69,69%, e, pelo coeficiente Kappa, de 0,51, 0,43 e 0,73 para cada par de juizes, foi considerada aceit?vel, sugerindo a fidedignidade do crit?rio. Os coeficientes de correla??o por postos de Spearman, entre a escala e as entrevistas, indicaram boa validade (p< 0,01) para os padr?es de posse segura (rs = 0,65) e ansiosa (rs = 0,73) e padr?o invejoso (rs = 0,65), quando se referem ? figura de pessoa ou animal. Quando se referem ? figura de coisas, os coeficientes foram um pouco mais modestos, mas significantes (p< 0,01) para os padr?es de posse segura (rs = 0,51) e ciumenta (rs = 0,54). Uma an?lise descritiva da distribui??o dos referidos padr?es, na amostra geral e por sexo, tamb?m foi feita.