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This study examined whether level of occupational prestige in early adulthood and rate of change in occupational prestige had an effect on psychosocial development in middle adulthood and whether gender had an effect on occupational prestige and psychosocial development. Utilizing a subsample from the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study (RALS), 180 participants were assessed longitudinally, approximately every eleven years after their original assessment in 1966 as college students. Results showed that over time individuals improve in their sense of work competency and individuals differ in their rate of change in occupational prestige over time. However, contrary to the hypotheses, findings indicated that there were no significant relationships between occupational prestige in early adulthood and psychosocial development in middle adulthood. The results also revealed a significant gender difference with respect to occupational prestige with males on average having higher occupational prestige compared to females. In all, it was shown that how productive and confident people perceive themselves to be in the workforce differs. However, there is no direct relationship between occupational prestige how self-perception of work competency. Findings highlight the importance of Eriksonian theory in that individuals continue to develop psychosocially over time.

The goal of this study is to design and evaluate a mobile augmented reality (AR) game application prototype to assist and motivate adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to maintain a conversation and identify the necessary design aspects to achieve this. The problem is that people with autism can have difficulties with communicating with others and handling social situations, which makes it hard for them to make friends. To solve this problem the use of pedagogical games and AR is examined as a potential tool. The use of technology and computer-based learning has been found to be helpful in improving the social and communication skills of individuals with ASD. Pedagogical games have also been effective in assisting people with disabilities to manage their daily lives. AR has been useful for contextualizing what the user sees and feels to apply digital instructions. AR games have been developed to help people with ASD become more comfortable in social situations. The study used design science methodology to develop the game prototype and tests with observations and pre/post-test interviews to evaluate the prototype. The results show that clear instructions, accessibility options, and individual adaptation are necessary design aspects to create an effective tool. The use of AR is not suitable according to the results due to increased stimuli, and a better suitable reward system is needed to motivate continued use of the game. Future research areas are also discussed, such as the use of more participants which are a part of the intended target demographic.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The First World War was a long stalemated war in which millions of men fought and died. Many studies have looked at the reasons soldiers fought and stopped fighting. In this study, the perceptions that Belgian soldiers had of their enemy, Germany, are looked at. The Belgian army was stationed on a small part of the front at the coast, the last part of Belgium that is un-occupied. The war can be divided into three phases: the first phase is the invasion until the Germans were stopped, the second begins with the stalemate and the development of trench warfare on the Western Front, and the third and last phase is the pushing back of the Germans and final victory. In the first phase with the invasion and brutality of the Germans in Belgium, Belgian soldiers formed a view of Germans as barbarians, capable of anything. With the second phase the perceptions started to diverge among the men, depending on experience and surroundings of the soldiers; some get use to their new environment, old and new conflicts resurfaced, Germans faded into the background. On the other hand the war was still going on, violence of war was all around them, and brothers in arms were killed. In the third phase soldiers became enthusiastic again because of the prospect of being able to go home. With the ending of the war old grudges were not settled. The Peace treaty was not what was expected. A lot of memorials built at the time reflected views of Germany that very explicitly highlighted their perceived misbehavior, especially at the beginning on the war. Naturally this led to tensions between Belgium and Germany. Many Belgians never forgot what happened during the war, nor let go of their views that were formed.

Enligt skollagen ska studie- och yrkesvägledning finnas att tillgå från åk 2 för att förbereda barnen till att göra väl underbyggda val i framtiden men det finns inget krav på en person med denna specifika kompetens. Tidigare forskning visar på att individers karriärval påverkas av familj och andra personer i närheten men forskning är i stor utsträckning gjord på unga vuxna. Vi har intresserat oss för barn i 8-års ålder som en marginaliserad grupp. Utifrån detta har syftet att undersöka hur barn i 8-års ålders framtidstankar ser ut kring yrke utifrån deras sociala bakgrund tagits fram. Följande frågeställning har formulerats: Vad ser unga som möjliga yrkesvägar? Hur formas deras tankar? För att finna svar på dessa frågor har vi använt oss av en kvalitativ metod där sju stycken barn i åtta års ålder har intervjuats. Till vår hjälp har vi använt oss av Gottfredsons teori ”The Theory of Circumscription, Compromise and Self-Creation”, Careership teorin samt utvalda begrepp av Bourdieu för att analysera det empiriska materialet. Teori och tidigare forskning menar att vi är en summa av det liv vi lever och påverkar det liv som ses som möjligt. Vårt resultat visade att barn väljer yrke efter intresse samt självbild. Om man frågar barnen om de kan se några hinder i sina karriärdrömmar svarar de flesta barnen nej men under våra intervjuer får vi en tydlig bild av att dessa tankar påverkas av individer i deras omgivning. / According to the Education Act, guidance and counseling should be available from year 2 to prepare children to make informed choices in the future, but there is no requirement for a person with this specific expertise. Previous research shows that individuals' career choices are influenced by family and other people around them but research is largely made of young adults. We have an interest in children of age 8 as a marginalized group. Based on this, the aim of examining how children of age 8 thoughts for the future looks around the profession based on their social background, has been developed. The following question was formulated: What do young people see as possible career paths? How are their thoughts being formed? To find answers to these questions, we have used a qualitative method where seven children in eight years of age were interviewed. To help us, we have used Gottfredson's theory of "The Theory of circumscription, Compromise and Self-Creation", Careership theory and selected concepts of Bourdieu to analyze the empirical material. Theory and previous research mean that we are a sum of the life we ​​live and affect the life that is seen as possible. Our results showed that children choose the profession after interest and self-image. If you ask the children if they can see any obstacles in their career dreams responds most kids no but during our interviews, we get a clear picture of these thoughts are influenced by individuals in their environment.

Studies of postwar Germany, from 1945-1955, have concentrated on the American influence as a military occupier, the development of German reconstruction and national identity, and memory of this period from the German perspective. Within the memory analyses, firsthand accounts have been analyzed to understand the perspectives of Germans living through the postwar period. Absent from this historiography is an account of American memories and firsthand perspectives of the occupation, particularly during the 1950-1955 period. This thesis employs oral histories of American veterans stationed in postwar Germany, American propaganda and popular cultural mediums during the early 1950s, and modern historiographical trends to provide an understanding of how Americans remember the German postwar decade. American veterans remembered this period, and their encounters with local Germans, as a positive experience. These positive memories were mediated by 1950s Cold War rhetoric and propaganda and were subsequently predicated upon the men's perspective as occupying soldiers. Their recollections align with American popular memory delineating the military occupation as ending in 1949 upon the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, therefore overshadowing the 1950-1955 period of occupation. The ways in which Americans remember the postwar occupation in Germany, particularly from 1950-1955, inform broader memory and historical narrative trends of this era.