Current research has shown differences in eye gaze, or ocular observing responses amongst individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with their typically developing counterparts, and with individuals with developmental disabilities other than autism. Eye gaze is currently studied as a predictor for ASD diagnoses and as a potential predictive level of social deficit for individuals already diagnosed with autism. Deficits in language and communication are also studied as predictive risk factors for ASD, and are identified as areas for treatment for individuals with autism. As a behavior analytic account of language, Relational Frame Theory (RFT) suggests that language development is attributed to the development of derived relational responding repertoires. A growing body of literature suggests that there is great benefit in behavior analytic treatment methods for autism that incorporate procedures rooted in RFT. Specifically, relational training procedures that promote derived relational responding (DRR) have been shown to improve language repertoires for children with autism. Previous research using typically developing adults has also suggested that accuracy in eye gaze on relational tasks improves as individuals demonstrate the emergence of novel derived relations. By combining the benefits of relational training procedures on outcomes of language development with technology used to understand eye gaze behaviors, behavior analysts may be able to better understand how to target specific behaviors in treatment that may indirectly improve eye gaze. In turn, improvements in eye gaze may assist in increasing socially significant and helpful behaviors such as attending to appropriate social stimuli within the environment. The current series of studies investigated the relationship between DRR repertoires and ocular observing responses in individuals with autism. Study 1 examined the relationship between DRR of equivalence relations with latency to respond to task items, as well as eye fixation duration and fixation rate toward correct stimuli in the assessment. The results from this study showed a strong, positive correlation between fixation rate and duration with assessment scores. These results suggest more advanced DRR repertoires lead to longer and more frequent eye gaze toward correct stimuli. Study 2 investigated changes in latency to respond as well as changes rate and duration of eye fixations as participants were taught novel relations and tested for the emergence of derived responding. All four participants in the study demonstrated an increase in fixation to correct stimuli from baseline to treatment. Study 3 sought to evaluate the impact that relational training techniques have on eye gaze following a 6-week intervention period compared to a more traditional treatment technique and a waitlist control. Eye gaze measures were assessed before and after the intervention using three different categories of videos of social situations: Person Telling a Story, Conversations, and Social Imaginative Play. Results suggested that the relational training procedure had the most significant impact on eye gaze for Conversation videos compared to a direct contingency group and a waitlist control group. Taken together, the results suggest the potential impact that RFT-based treatments have on ocular observing responses for children with ASD, and how improvements may benefit appropriate eye gaze toward a social environment.

Research on compassion in organizations has grown over the last decade, however, there is still a need for empirical work on the topic before we truly understand compassion and the various factors that influence it in everyday organizational life (Atkins & Parker, 2012; Dutton, Workman & Hardin, 2014). The purpose of this dissertation is to review the current literature on compassion in organizations and extend research on compassion by exploring potential moderators of the relationship between compassionate feelings and compassionate responses from potential compassion givers. The moderators under investigation are in the form of individual (i.e., moral identity, moral disengagement), situational (i.e., cognitive appraisals) and organizational (i.e., ethical leadership, ethical climate) contextual variables. Findings from experimental and field studies are presented. Theoretical and practical implications of compassion in organizations are discussed, and areas for future research are identified.

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This study looked at whether a procedure of interspersing individual targeted questions would improve participation by low-responding students during a choral responding activity. Improved participation involved increased responding, increased accuracy, and decreased disruptive behavior. The study was conducted in two established elementary school classrooms. In each class, data were collected on two low-responding and two high-responding students. The choral activity was conducted in each classroom for 10 minutes a day. An ABAB reversal design was used. During baseline conditions, teachers conducted whole-group choral responding only. During the intervention conditions, teachers interspersed targeted questions to individuals who responded at low levels during the whole group choral responding activity. During the intervention (targeted questioning) conditions, the low-participating students in each classroom (a) responded to a higher percentage of the teacher's questions, (b) maintained or increased response accuracy, and (c) decreased disruptive behavior. During these same conditions, the high participating students maintained or slightly increased their participation levels. Teachers gave high social validity ratings to the targeted questioning procedure, noting that it made choral responding more effective with unwilling responders.

Survey data quality is influenced by the care and attention that respondents take in answering questions. Careless and inattentive (CI) responding is a confound in survey data that can distort findings and lead to incorrect conclusions. This quantitative study explored CI responding in job analysis studies supporting occupational certification programs and its relationship to survey features, data quality measures, and test content validity. Satisficing theory served as the framework, and secondary analysis of 3 job analysis surveys was undertaken. Results indicated that 9-33% of respondents engaged in CI responding, with the rate differing by CI index used (Mahalanobis distance, long string analysis, or person-total correlation) and by occupation. Each index detected a distinct pattern of carelessness, supporting the use of multiple indices. The indices performed best detecting carelessness in frequency ratings and may not be useful for all job analysis rating scales. Partial support was found for relationships between carelessness and survey features. CI responding had a minimal impact on mean ratings, correlations, and interrater reliability, and had no impact on certification test content outlines. By providing guidance and caution on the use of CI response detection methods with job analysis survey data, this study produced two potential avenues for social change. For practitioners conducting occupational job analyses, the use of CI detection methods can enhance the validity of data used to make certification decisions. For researchers, follow-up studies can yield a more nuanced understanding of the most appropriate use of these methods in the job analysis context.

CARDOSO, Maurício Moreira. A responsividade ativa em cartas ao editor em newsweek. 2014. 295f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Letras Vernáculas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-01-20T15:47:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_mmcardoso.pdf: 3012715 bytes, checksum: 5e6f26f48f3568304a8af16dba6a3053 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-01-20T15:48:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_mmcardoso.pdf: 3012715 bytes, checksum: 5e6f26f48f3568304a8af16dba6a3053 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-01-20T15:48:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_mmcardoso.pdf: 3012715 bytes, checksum: 5e6f26f48f3568304a8af16dba6a3053 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / This work of scientific investigation, which is set in the field known as Critical Discourse Analysis, aims at providing evidence of the general proposition that active responding, as defined by Mikhail Bakhtin, implies a scalar property which is due to a bigger or minor commitment of the speaker in generating his/her utterance. The major or minor intensity of the commitment mentioned above can be evaluated for what one calls “degree of active responding/responsibility”. This degree can be placed within the interval that varies from 0 to 9. “9” represents the highest degree of answering/responsibility feasibility, according to the scale referred to. The degree of answering/responsibility can be measured observing the following elements in certain utterances extracted from the corpus analysed: the nature of the letter, ideological position, reference to ideological manipulation, marks of subjectivity, presence of co-speaker, forms of intertextuality. These elements were used in categorizing the corpus of 153 letters taken from Newsweek magazine in the period between August 2011 and February 2012. The categorization was carried out with the use of the software SPSS 7.5 for Windows. In order to accomplish the investigative journey, we relied on Bakhtin (2000), Fairclough (2003), Mainguneau (1997), Thompson (2009), Palmer (1986) and Neves (2007). According to the quantitative and qualitative analysis performed, we came to the conclusion that there is a degree of active responding/responsibility in terms of this scale quoted and the categories presented here. The following categories of analysis have revealed effective influence over the degree of responding/responsibility: the nature of the letter, ideological position, reference to ideological manipulation, marks of subjectivity, presence of co-speaker. The category named forms of intertextuality has revealed a partial influence over the degree of responding/responsibility; and the categories derived from the Theory of Evaluation showed ineffective over the degree of responding/responsibility in terms of this mentioned scale. / Este trabalho de investigação científica, que se insere na área conhecida como Análise Crítica de Discurso, objetiva fornecer evidências para a proposição geral de que a responsividade ativa – conforme conceituada por Mikhail Bakhtin – guarda uma escalaridade que resulta de um maior ou menor engajamento do enunciador em gerar o seu enunciado. A maior ou menor intensidade do referido engajamento pode ser avaliada por um fator que denominado “grau de responsividade/responsabilidade ativa”. Este se situa em um intervalo que varia de 0 a 9. O valor “9” representa o mais alto grau de responsividade/responsabilidade possível, conforme a referida escala. Chega-se ao grau de responsividade/responsabilidade contido em determinado enunciado pertencente ao corpus estudado pela interação dos seguintes elementos: natureza da carta, posição ideológica, referência à manipulação ideológica, marcas de subjetividade, presença do coenunciador, formas de intertextualidade. Estes elementos foram usados na categorização do corpus de 153 cartas colhidas da revista Newsweek no período compreendido entre agosto de 2011 a fevereiro de 2012. A categorização foi executada com o uso do software SPSS 7.5 for Windows. A fim de levar a termo a jornada investigativa que empreendemos, baseamo-nos, centralmente, em Bakhtin (2000), Fairclough (2003), Maingueneau (1997), Thompson (2009), Palmer (1986) e Neves (2007). Pelas análises quantitativa e qualitativa feitas, concluímos que existe um grau de responsividade/responsabilidade ativa nos termos da escala que concebemos e das categorias que apresentamos. As seguintes categorias de análise revelaram efetiva influência sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade: natureza da carta, posição ideológica, referência à manipulação ideológica, marcas de subjetividade e presença do coenunciador. A categoria formas de intertextualidade revelou influência parcial sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade; enquanto que as categorias derivadas da Teoria da Valoração não se revelaram influentes sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / RESUMO Este trabalho de investigaÃÃo cientÃfica, que se insere na Ãrea conhecida como AnÃlise CrÃtica de Discurso, objetiva fornecer evidÃncias para a proposiÃÃo geral de que a responsividade ativa â conforme conceituada por Mikhail Bakhtin â guarda uma escalaridade que resulta de um maior ou menor engajamento do enunciador em gerar o seu enunciado. A maior ou menor intensidade do referido engajamento pode ser avaliada por um fator que denominado âgrau de responsividade/responsabilidade ativaâ. Este se situa em um intervalo que varia de 0 a 9. O valor â9â representa o mais alto grau de responsividade/responsabilidade possÃvel, conforme a referida escala. Chega-se ao grau de responsividade/responsabilidade contido em determinado enunciado pertencente ao corpus estudado pela interaÃÃo dos seguintes elementos: natureza da carta, posiÃÃo ideolÃgica, referÃncia à manipulaÃÃo ideolÃgica, marcas de subjetividade, presenÃa do coenunciador, formas de intertextualidade. Estes elementos foram usados na categorizaÃÃo do corpus de 153 cartas colhidas da revista Newsweek no perÃodo compreendido entre agosto de 2011 a fevereiro de 2012. A categorizaÃÃo foi executada com o uso do software SPSS 7.5 for Windows. A fim de levar a termo a jornada investigativa que empreendemos, baseamo-nos, centralmente, em Bakhtin (2000), Fairclough (2003), Maingueneau (1997), Thompson (2009), Palmer (1986) e Neves (2007). Pelas anÃlises quantitativa e qualitativa feitas, concluÃmos que existe um grau de responsividade/responsabilidade ativa nos termos da escala que concebemos e das categorias que apresentamos. As seguintes categorias de anÃlise revelaram efetiva influÃncia sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade: natureza da carta, posiÃÃo ideolÃgica, referÃncia à manipulaÃÃo ideolÃgica, marcas de subjetividade e presenÃa do coenunciador. A categoria formas de intertextualidade revelou influÃncia parcial sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade; enquanto que as categorias derivadas da Teoria da ValoraÃÃo nÃo se revelaram influentes sobre o grau de responsividade/responsabilidade. / ABSTRACT This work of scientific investigation, which is set in the field known as Critical Discourse Analysis, aims at providing evidence of the general proposition that active responding, as defined by Mikhail Bakhtin, implies a scalar property which is due to a bigger or minor commitment of the speaker in generating his/her utterance. The major or minor intensity of the commitment mentioned above can be evaluated for what one calls âdegree of active responding/responsibilityâ. This degree can be placed within the interval that varies from 0 to 9. â9â represents the highest degree of answering/responsibility feasibility, according to the scale referred to. The degree of answering/responsibility can be measured observing the following elements in certain utterances extracted from the corpus analysed: the nature of the letter, ideological position, reference to ideological manipulation, marks of subjectivity, presence of co-speaker, forms of intertextuality. These elements were used in categorizing the corpus of 153 letters taken from Newsweek magazine in the period between August 2011 and February 2012. The categorization was carried out with the use of the software SPSS 7.5 for Windows. In order to accomplish the investigative journey, we relied on Bakhtin (2000), Fairclough (2003), Mainguneau (1997), Thompson (2009), Palmer (1986) and Neves (2007). According to the quantitative and qualitative analysis performed, we came to the conclusion that there is a degree of active responding/responsibility in terms of this scale quoted and the categories presented here. The following categories of analysis have revealed effective influence over the degree of responding/responsibility: the nature of the letter, ideological position, reference to ideological manipulation, marks of subjectivity, presence of co-speaker. The category named forms of intertextuality has revealed a partial influence over the degree of responding/responsibility; and the categories derived from the Theory of Evaluation showed ineffective over the degree of responding/responsibility in terms of this mentioned scale.

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