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1	Mental Illness in Starkville, MS: A Cultural Consensus Analysis of the Public Conceptions of Mental Illness Kennett, Curtis Andrew 09 December 2016 (has links) Mental illness is a complex phenomenon that is social and psychological as well as biological. But since the creation of the DSM-III in the 1980s, the landscape of mental health research and treatment in the United States has been heavily influenced by the biomedical model. The thoughts and beliefs of the lay public about mental illness are often ignored despite the push for greater cultural understanding among biomedical professionals. This disconnect, coupled with the poor mental health infrastructure, has left Mississippi with an inadequate ability to help Mississippians address mental illness. This research uses cognitive anthropological methods and biocultural theory to begin to address this disconnect. A shared cultural model of mental illness by causes, symptoms, and treatments was found. There were systematic differences between the two groups’ knowledge of causes of mental illness. Understanding these will assist in providing more culturally appropriate care for the mentally ill. cultural models cultural consensus analysis mental illness lay conceptions cognitive anthropology
2	Investigating conceptions of intentional action by analyzing participant generated scenarios Skulmowski, Alexander, Bunge, Andreas, Cohen, Bret R., Kreilkamp, Barbara A. K., Troxler, Nicole 19 November 2015 (has links) (PDF) We describe and report on results of employing a new method for analyzing lay conceptions of intentional and unintentional action. Instead of asking people for their conceptual intuitions with regard to construed scenarios, we asked our participants to come up with their own scenarios and to explain why these are examples of intentional or unintentional actions. By way of content analysis, we extracted contexts and components that people associated with these action types. Our participants associated unintentional actions predominantly with bad outcomes for all persons involved and linked intentional actions more strongly to positive outcomes, especially concerning the agent. People’s conceptions of intentional action seem to involve more aspects than commonly assumed in philosophical models of intentional action that solely stress the importance of intentions, desires, and beliefs. The additional aspects include decisions and thoughts about the action. In addition, we found that the criteria that participants generated for unintentional actions are not a mere inversion of those used in explanations for intentional actions. Associations between involuntariness and unintentional action seem to be stronger than associations between aspects of voluntariness and intentional action. Inhaltsanalyse Intention Freiwilligkeit Aktion Technische Universität Chemnitz Publikationsfonds intentional action experimental philosophy Knobe-effect concepts lay conceptions content analysis Technische Universität Chemnitz Publication funds ddc:150 Inhaltsanalyse Intention Freiwilligkeit Handlung
3	Investigating conceptions of intentional action by analyzing participant generated scenarios Skulmowski, Alexander, Bunge, Andreas, Cohen, Bret R., Kreilkamp, Barbara A. K., Troxler, Nicole 19 November 2015 (has links) We describe and report on results of employing a new method for analyzing lay conceptions of intentional and unintentional action. Instead of asking people for their conceptual intuitions with regard to construed scenarios, we asked our participants to come up with their own scenarios and to explain why these are examples of intentional or unintentional actions. By way of content analysis, we extracted contexts and components that people associated with these action types. Our participants associated unintentional actions predominantly with bad outcomes for all persons involved and linked intentional actions more strongly to positive outcomes, especially concerning the agent. People’s conceptions of intentional action seem to involve more aspects than commonly assumed in philosophical models of intentional action that solely stress the importance of intentions, desires, and beliefs. The additional aspects include decisions and thoughts about the action. In addition, we found that the criteria that participants generated for unintentional actions are not a mere inversion of those used in explanations for intentional actions. Associations between involuntariness and unintentional action seem to be stronger than associations between aspects of voluntariness and intentional action. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/150 ddc:150

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