The general purpose of this study is to examine the effects of socialization background and cognitive style on individuals' patterns of behavior. The more specific purpose is to integrate the individual differences factor using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with Meadian Theory of Socialization in order to explore the ways in which a group of incarcerated individuals with prior felony and misdemeanor convictions and a group of college students are different regarding their different socialization background and cognitive styles. Data for this study were collected from a university and a county jail in Texas. During the process of data collection, two questionnaires consisting of 117 items were used to measure individual characteristics and elements of socialization background. This study is organized into four different chapters. Chapter I involves a detailed review of related literature, the purpose of the study, stated hypotheses, significance of the study, and limitations. Chapter II discusses methodological procedures and Chapter III presents the findings of the study. The last chapter includes a detailed conclusion and practical implications of the study. The findings in this study indicated that the group of incarcerated individuals and the group of college students are significantly different in terms of their different individual characteristics and socialization backgrounds. However, it was found that socialization background has the most significant effects on patterns of behavior among the two groups under study. It was concluded that while accepting the crucial importance of socialization factors, specific psychological characteristics of people also need to be integrated into sociological studies concerning human behavior for the better understanding of different groups and individuals in society.

The possibility that faulty expectations about success and relapse recovery contributed to poor adherence was examined in this study. Support for such an expectancy model was sought through comparing an index of relative task magnitude to adherence rates. Instructions designed to improve adherence through changing expectations about relapse and relapse recovery were also administered to 46 clients in two clinical nutritional programs. Their adherence rates <in days) were compared to the rates obtained from the records of 64 other clients who did not receive the instructions. To further understand the adherence phenomenon, several other measures were obtained from the treatment subjects. These data were compared to adherence rates in an attempt to identify potential co-variate relationships. Statistical procedures including analysis of variance to determine comparability of subject groups, Pearson Product Moment correlations, t tests of the difference between means, and the Lawshe—Baker Nomograph comparing per cent adherence rates were performed on the data. Obtained results did not support the predicted relationship between relative task magnitude and adherence. This may have been due to differences between subjective assessments of task magnitude and the objective measure used in this study. Although improvement in adherence was noted in both treatment groups, statistical significance was achieved only in the university based clinic. Differences in the settings, assisting nutritionists, and participating subjects could have produced these findings. However, because improvement did occur in both settings, and because the techniques may be easily and inexpensively utilized by clinical nutritionists, these instructions were recommended for inclusion as a routine component of nutritional clinic procedures. No strong co-variate relationships were found between adherence and the additional measures included in the study. The only variables which correlated with adherence more than trivially, emotional response to a verbal food stimulus, and imaging ability, did lend support for this cognitively active method of improving adherence.

With the growth of the internet, data from text sources has become increasingly available to researchers in the form of online newspapers, journals, and blogs. This data presents a unique opportunity to analyze human opinions and behaviors without soliciting the public explicitly. In this research, I utilize newspaper articles and the social media service Twitter to infer self-reported public opinions and awareness of climate change. Climate change is one of the most important and heavily debated issues of our time, and analyzing large-scale text surrounding this issue reveals insights surrounding self-reported public opinion. First, I inquire about public discourse on both climate change and energy system vulnerability following two large hurricanes. I apply topic modeling techniques to a corpus of articles about each hurricane in order to determine how these topics were reported on in the post event news media. Next, I perform sentiment analysis on a large collection of data from Twitter using a previously developed tool called the "hedonometer". I use this sentiment scoring technique to investigate how the Twitter community reports feeling about climate change. Finally, I generalize the sentiment analysis technique to many other topics of global importance, and compare to more traditional public opinion polling methods. I determine that since traditional public opinion polls have limited reach and high associated costs, text data from Twitter may be the future of public opinion polling.

The use of visual data representation is increasing the possibilities to exchange information and communicate indifferent contexts all over the world. Communicating food wastage visually to influence consuming patterns isone of these possibilities. Food wastage is currently a much-prioritized topic in Sweden as well as globally due toits negative impacts on society, environment and the economy, and therefore there is much need to bringinnovative solutions supporting reduction of food waste. This thesis presents a qualitative research based on a casestudy of food waste management at Sala municipality in Sweden while exploring the current visual datarepresentation techniques and its further potential to make food waste management more sustainable. The researchframework used in this thesis is based on visual rhetoric and the innovation theories. The thesis analyzes foodwastage from an international perspective, its connection to sustainable development goals and how MatomaticAB uses a visual data representation tool to address food wastage.The thesis further explains how the users associated with Sala municipality interpret the existing tool, thechallenges they face and review their expectations to build a new visual data representation model. The results ofquestionnaires filled by user’s, state that 50% of the respondents understand the current tool to its full capacityand only 50% of the respondents are satisfied with the overall tool. When it comes to the choice of datapresentation 67% of the users showed interest in use of infographics instead of the conventional bar graphs, andtherefore some parameters like, making the tool more interesting using infographics, user friendly by limiting thedata displayed and interactive by giving user options to explore further as per their liking, were thought whiledesigning the new visual data representation model.

Dendroarchaeological samples can contain three kinds of information: chronological, behavioral, and environmental. The decisions of past people regarding species selection, beam size, procurement and modification techniques, deadwood use, and stockpiling are the most critical factors influencing an archaeological date distribution. Using dendrochronological samples from prehistoric and historic period sites in the same area of eastern Utah, this paper examines past human behavior as the critical factor in dendroarchaeological date distributions.

The diploma thesis analyses the influence of money on the economic instability by the view of Post Keynesian economic theory. The paper answers the question, what creates the economic instability and if it's possible to eliminate or least reduce the instability. The money is here always seen as credit, which is made by institutions on the financial market. We need trust to create money. However the confidence is based on long-term expectations, which are not rational. The result of the analysis is that the trust growth in economy leads to growth of creation of money, whereby more money based on irrational, by psychology influenced expectations, is made. The economy becomes less stable, because there is more money in it, than people will have in the future to pay for its extinction. As the irrational expectation is an exogenous variable, which basically cannot be influenced, the economic instability is ineliminable and therefore allied to economy. We can only reduce instability by focusing on limiting factors in the creation of money, or on areas, where the irrational action can vent itself. Into consideration comes regulation of the financial institutions size, or regulation of international capital flow.

Esta pesquisa tem como tema de estudo as relações interpessoais no cotidiano e o uso das tecnologias de informação e comunicação no fomento de experiências. Seu objetivo é desenvolver um quadro teórico em torno de uma área do design intitulada de design para a experiência. Para tal, a metodologia da pesquisa fundamenta-se na seleção de propostas de design que exploram questões ligadas ao comportamento no espaço doméstico e às tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Em seguida é realizada uma análise qualitativa dessas propostas a partir de alguns critérios também desenvolvidos pela pesquisa. / This research studies the daily interpersonal relations and the information and communication technologies usage to stimulate experiences. The goal is to develop the theoretical references around a design area identified as experience design. In order to achieve that the research methodology is based on the analysis of some design proposals, which explores issues related to the peoples behavior inside the domestic environment and to the information and communication technologies. These proposals are investigated according to principles also developed during the research.

Children exhibit neotenous, or physically immature, features, such as a large rounded head relative to body size, adult-sized eyes, round cheeks, a small chin, and a short narrow nose. Bowlby (1969) and others (Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1989; Hrdy, 2005) propose that, in species whose young depend on care from an adult, these features could enhance offspring survival. Lorenz (1943) argued that adult humans are particularly attracted to these features, and that these characteristics, which he termed Kindchenschema or “baby schema,” trigger a cognitive system that processes and reacts specifically to infantile features for the purpose of enhancing motivation to engage in caretaking behaviors. The goal of the studies proposed here is to examine the behavioral, attentional, and emotional effects of baby schema. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-02-08T15:10:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Nayara de Barros_.pdf: 16619348 bytes, checksum: 2480e92f68f4e4a033f4fe8b86358f47 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-08T15:10:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nayara de Barros_.pdf: 16619348 bytes, checksum: 2480e92f68f4e4a033f4fe8b86358f47 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-28 / Nenhuma / O estudo de caso desenvolvido no presente trabalho é relacionado ao sistema de saída de emergência. Composto por: acesso à saída, a saída em si e a descarga, podendo ser concebido de formas variadas, porém sempre visando à segurança dos usuários e da comunidade local diante dos desafios que as cidades enfrentam. Ao antever falhas do sistema de prevenção e proteção contra incêndio, é afirmada a importância do correto planejamento, desenvolvimento, execução e manutenção do projeto de evacuação. As variáveis envolvidas nesse processo e as noções de comportamento humano perante um incêndio sofrem influência da velocidade de saída das pessoas, da resposta ao tempo de alarme e das reações em decorrência da fumaça. O presente trabalho procura expor os aspectos a serem analisados num processo de evacuação, ligados aos sistemas de saída de emergência. A análise em questão é uma edificação escolar de ensino técnico, de nível médio profissionalizante, que concentra uma população de idade variável, inclusive classificação de riscos diferentes. O projeto é de uma escola de ensino técnico de nível médio profissionalizante, com capacidade para 1200 alunos, com blocos separados por função, sendo o bloco administrativo/pedagógico disposto em dois pavimentos, principal objeto de estudo. O modelo de projeto desenvolvido é proposto para aplicação a nível nacional, já implantado no estado do Ceará, em 2011. Partindo do diagnóstico de utilização das diretrizes contra incêndio, foi realizada a verificação de aplicação do projeto nos Estados de Santa Catarina e do Rio Grande do Sul, e a simulação através do software Pathfinder para investigação das principais variáveis envolvidas no processo de evacuação. Poucas foram as diferenças notadas entre as exigências das normativas. O número de alunos por sala de aula foi ditado pela lei e parecer dos sistemas de educação estaduais. Um projeto proposto ao fortalecimento de instituições nacionais deve atentar para o cumprimento do exigido nas normativas, verificando o funcionamento do projeto com auxílio do software. Entretanto é necessária uma revisão projetual para atendimento do mínimo exigido para o uso efetivo das saídas de emergência. / The case study developed in the present work is related to the emergency exit system. It compounds: access to exit, exit itself and the discharge, it can be conceived in various ways, but always aiming at the safety of users and the local community in the face of the challenges facing cities. When anticipating failures of the fire prevention and protection system, the importance of correct planning, development, execution and maintenance of the evacuation project is affirmed. The variables involved in this process and the notions of human behavior in the face of a fire are influenced by people's exit velocity, response time to alarm and reaction due to the smoke. The present work tries to expose the aspects to be analyzed in an evacuation process, linked to emergency exit systems. The analysis in question is a school building of technical education, of medium professional level, that concentrates a population of variable age, including classification of different risks. The project consists of a technical secondary school with a capacity for 1200 students, with blocks separated by function, the administrative / pedagogical block being arranged in two floors, the main object of study. The developed project model is proposed for implementation at the national level, already implemented in the state of Ceará, in 2011. Based on the diagnosis of the use of fire directives, a verification of the application of the project was carried out in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande and the simulation through Pathfinder software to investigate the main variables involved in the evacuation process. Few were the differences noted between the requirements of the regulations. The number of students per classroom was dictated by the law and opinion of the state education systems. A project proposed for the strengthening of national institutions, must pay attention to the fulfillment of the required in the regulations, verifying operation of the project with the help of software. However, a design review is required to meet the minimum required for the effective use of emergency exits.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-06-10T15:58:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Anderson Bellini Aloisio_.pdf: 1251973 bytes, checksum: 34cba46a9d25bfc025b743f41ca27f15 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-10T15:58:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Anderson Bellini Aloisio_.pdf: 1251973 bytes, checksum: 34cba46a9d25bfc025b743f41ca27f15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-30 / Nenhuma / O presente trabalho, através de um corte horizontal que atravessa dois núcleos teóricos distintos, pretende demonstrar a possibilidade da existência de sanções puramente processuais, bem como a sua adequação a um modelo de processo condizente com um Estado Democrático de Direito, permeado por valores constitucionais. Para tanto, realizamos um estudo de teorias sobre o comportamento humano de forma a obtermos informações de como as sanções podem influir sobre o processo de decisão e obter o comportamento desejado dos cidadãos (cumprimento do preceito). Após, revisitamos as teorias clássicas sobre processo, de modo a reafirmar a sua autonomia, mas não só isso, demonstrando que há ainda, uma reminiscência das amarras do direito material que ainda atrelam o processo como um mero instrumento ou uma mera técnica para a concretização do direito material já posto na Lei. Após reafirmarmos – ou propormos – a definitiva e derradeira separação do processo do direito material, concluímos que o processo passa a ser visto como um espaço para a construção da solução do caso concreto, espaço este que deve ser permeado por fortes obrigações éticas e de deveres de conduta impostos aos litigantes, deveres cujo cumprimento se dá de forma independente dos deveres impostos pelo direito material. São regras processuais – autônomas – que merecem cumprimento de per si. E como tal, necessitam sanções que lhe garantam o cumprimento: as sanções processuais. Por fim, por acreditarmos firmemente que o Direito não deve jamais olvidar da sua dimensão operável, tratamos, no capítulo final do presente trabalho, de aplicar os conceitos teóricos antes expostos. Para tanto, descemos até as minúcias legislativas, de modo a demonstrar a forma como operam – ou deveriam operar - na prática, os postulados teóricos antes mencionados. A fim de melhor demonstrar tal aplicação, focamo-nos em demonstrar como os postulados teóricos atuariam na aplicação das astreintes cuja escolha se deu em razão de ser a sanção processual mais árdua de ser estudada, em razão de fortíssimos elementos informativos derivados do direito material que sobre a mesma atuam. Assim, nossa escolha pelas astreintes se deu justamente diante da dificuldade do seu trato como sanção exclusivamente processual, sendo fácil transpor os conceitos aqui propostos para as demais sanções processuais, as quais não sofrem da mesma sorte de complexidade teórica que as astreintes possuem. O presente trabalho se insere na Linha de Pesquisa n. 1, da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, qual seja, Hermenêutica, Constituição e Concretização de Direitos. / Through a horizontal approach crossing two different theoretical matrixes, this work has the objective of showing the possibility of existing purely procedural sanctions, as well as their appropriateness to the “process” model in line with a democratic State governed by the rule of Law, according to constitutional values. In order to achieve this we have made a study on theories regarding human behavior to obtain information on how the sanctions may have influence on the decision process and obtain the desired behavior by citizens (obedience of legal precepts). After this we have re-analyzed the classic theories on the process in order to reassure its autonomy and also demonstrating that there is reminiscence of ties with the substantive rights that still harness the process as a mere instrument or a mere technique for attainment of the substantive rights already established by Law. After restating – or proposing – the definitive and ultimate separation of the substantive rights/process/procedure, we have concluded that the process turns to be seen as a space for development of the solution for the case, space which has to include strong ethical obligations and behavioral duties imposed to the litigants. The fulfillment of these duties is made independently of the duties imposed by the substantive rights. They are procedural rules – autonomous – which “per se” are to be fulfilled and as such they need sanctions to assure the corresponding fulfillment: the procedural sanctions. Finally, as we strongly believe that the Law should never disregard its operational range, in the last chapter of this work we have applied the theoretical concepts mentioned before. For this purpose we have narrowed down to legislation details in order to demonstrate, in the practice, how the theoretical postulates mentioned before operate – or should operate. In order to demonstrate such application, we have focused in demonstrating how the theoretical postulates would act in the application of astreintes. This choice was made because it is the most difficult procedural sanction to be studied due to the very strong informative elements deriving from the substantive rights. Therefore, our choice for astreintes was made precisely for considering the difficulties in treating it as an exclusive procedural sanction, being then easy to pass the concepts proposed here to other procedural sanctions, which are not under the same theoretical complexity as the astreintes. This work is part of the Research Line n. 1, of the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, namely, Hermeneutics, Constitution and Implementation of Rights.