The benefits of observing a model when acquiring a new motor skill are well known, however, there is little research on the influence of viewing angle of the model. The purpose of the present experiment was to assess whether a looking-glass (face on) or subjective (facing away) viewing angle would result in different acquisition and retention levels when learning a complex Zumba dance sequence. Greater cognitive effort was expected during the looking-glass condition, consequently resulting in slower acquisition but greater physical performance scores and error recognition/identification. Thirty females were evenly divided into the looking-glass or subjective group and began with the pre-test phase to assess degrees of motivation, self-efficacy, and physical performance. Participants were then lead through six acquisition dances, within which they performed the to-be-learned sequence 18 times. An assessment of cognitive effort followed, then post-test performances and error recognition/identification scores were obtained to conclude the study. While both the looking-glass and subjective conditions demonstrated equal rates of acquisition (p>.05), the looking-glass group performed significantly fewer errors during the post-test (p<.05) and were significantly better at identifying errors when a video of the dance sequence was shown from the same viewing angle as the acquisition phase (p<.05). No differences were reported between the two conditions with respect to cognitive effort (p>.05). Based on the results of this study, the looking-glass viewing angle appears to result in better learning of a dance sequence, but cannot be explained by cognitive effort.

This essay claims that the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass trigger nostalgia in the contemporary reader. Nostalgia is a powerful and complex feeling which, in contemporary times, is triggered by a longing for the lost childhood. This essay connects that longing with the novels about Alice. I argue that the nostalgic experience in the Alice in Wonderland books combines utopia and Bakhtin's concept of carnival and brings it into the lost childhood. The utopian part strives for something better while the carnivalesque part is an upheaval of daily life. This essay illustrates how utopia and carnival are related to a childhood free of adulthood anxieties and that they are a part of Alice in Wonderland, which triggers nostalgia in the adult reader.

The benefits of observing a model when acquiring a new motor skill are well known, however, there is little research on the influence of viewing angle of the model. The purpose of the present experiment was to assess whether a looking-glass (face on) or subjective (facing away) viewing angle would result in different acquisition and retention levels when learning a complex Zumba dance sequence. Greater cognitive effort was expected during the looking-glass condition, consequently resulting in slower acquisition but greater physical performance scores and error recognition/identification. Thirty females were evenly divided into the looking-glass or subjective group and began with the pre-test phase to assess degrees of motivation, self-efficacy, and physical performance. Participants were then lead through six acquisition dances, within which they performed the to-be-learned sequence 18 times. An assessment of cognitive effort followed, then post-test performances and error recognition/identification scores were obtained to conclude the study. While both the looking-glass and subjective conditions demonstrated equal rates of acquisition (p>.05), the looking-glass group performed significantly fewer errors during the post-test (p<.05) and were significantly better at identifying errors when a video of the dance sequence was shown from the same viewing angle as the acquisition phase (p<.05). No differences were reported between the two conditions with respect to cognitive effort (p>.05). Based on the results of this study, the looking-glass viewing angle appears to result in better learning of a dance sequence, but cannot be explained by cognitive effort.

The benefits of observing a model when acquiring a new motor skill are well known, however, there is little research on the influence of viewing angle of the model. The purpose of the present experiment was to assess whether a looking-glass (face on) or subjective (facing away) viewing angle would result in different acquisition and retention levels when learning a complex Zumba dance sequence. Greater cognitive effort was expected during the looking-glass condition, consequently resulting in slower acquisition but greater physical performance scores and error recognition/identification. Thirty females were evenly divided into the looking-glass or subjective group and began with the pre-test phase to assess degrees of motivation, self-efficacy, and physical performance. Participants were then lead through six acquisition dances, within which they performed the to-be-learned sequence 18 times. An assessment of cognitive effort followed, then post-test performances and error recognition/identification scores were obtained to conclude the study. While both the looking-glass and subjective conditions demonstrated equal rates of acquisition (p>.05), the looking-glass group performed significantly fewer errors during the post-test (p<.05) and were significantly better at identifying errors when a video of the dance sequence was shown from the same viewing angle as the acquisition phase (p<.05). No differences were reported between the two conditions with respect to cognitive effort (p>.05). Based on the results of this study, the looking-glass viewing angle appears to result in better learning of a dance sequence, but cannot be explained by cognitive effort.

An introduction to Alice scholarship, including a brief biography of the author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, as well as the subject matter. An examination of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's genre, as well as an in-depth analysis of the text as a children's story.

Adaptations cinématographiques d’Alice au pays des merveilles et De l’autre côté du miroir de Lewis Carroll: Analyse des transécritures de Walt Disney, Jan Švankmajer et Tim Burton observe comment trois versions cinématographiques différentes, provenant d’un même texte source, peuvent être singulières les unes par rapport aux autres. Le but de ce mémoire est d’analyser les transécritures de Walt Disney (1951), de Jan Švankmajer (1989) et de Tim Burton (2010) autant dans les changements narratifs que dans les ajouts faits par les réalisateurs qui personnalisent l’adaptation. Pour ce faire, nous nous appuierons sur la notion d’idée de Deleuze. Chacune des analyses est divisée selon: les idées de roman et de cinéma qui se « rencontrent », les ajouts et modifications des idées de roman, ainsi que les idées ayant été rejetés par l’adaptateur-cinéaste. / Adaptations cinématographiques d’Alice au pays des merveilles et De l’autre côté du miroir de Lewis Carroll: Analyse des transécritures de Walt Disney, Jan Švankmajer et Tim Burton observes how three different cinematographical versions, of the same source text, are singular from one another. The goal of this essay is to analyze the adaptations of Walt Disney (1951), Jan Švankmajer (1989) and Tim Burton (2010) from the narrative choices to what directors added in order to personalize the adaptation. To do so, we rely on Deleuze’s notion of ideas. Every analyze is being divided by: the meeting of the novel’s ideas and the film’s ideas, by ideas that have been added or modified, and by ideas that were eliminated by the adaptor-filmmaker.

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The works of Lewis Carroll show an abiding interest on the part of the author in the relationship between education, language and authority. In particular, the Alices are the story of a young girl who must learn to deal with a variety of characters in dream-worlds where the power of language reigns. It is therefore necessary for Alice to learn how language is used for authoritarian purposes and to discover ways of defending herself against it. It is the purpose of this thesis to investigate, in many cases for the first time, the ways in which Alice is able to find "spaces" in language where authority breaks down, places where the fundamental nature of language is unable to support authoritarian use. In this way, "space" will become both a metaphor and a figurative model for Alice's growing knowledge of and resistance to authority.

L’objectif de cette thèse est d’examiner comment les caractéristiques propres des enfants en milieu scolaire contribuent au lien entre le miroir social et l’élaboration du conceptde soi. Cette recherche s’inscrit dans une approche psychosociale de la construction du concept de soi et s’appuie sur les ancrages théoriques de James (1890), Baldwin (1897),Wallon (1959) et plus particulièrement sur les travaux de Cooley (1902) concernant le miroir social. Les travaux de Nurra & Pansu (2009) ont permis d’améliorer l’opérationnalisation du miroir social en prenant en compte le rôle médiateur des perceptions que l’enfant prête aux autruis significatifs verticaux (parents et enseignant). Pourtant des travaux montrent que les pairs (autruis horizontaux) participent également au miroir social (Hue, 2006) et l’enfant évalue ses propres compétences en les comparant avec celles de ses pairs (Boissicat, et al., 2012). Ce travail propose de développer le modèle du miroir social en y intégrant les perceptions prêtées par l’enfant à ses enseignants et à ses pairs, la comparaison sociale de soi et le soutien social dans l’élaboration du concept de soi. Le recueil des données a été réalisé dans 6 écoles primaires auprès de 43 enseignants et de 1073 enfants du CE1 au CM2 (51,35% de filles). Globalement, les résultats montrent à la fois des effets médiateurs et des effets modérateurs. Le lien entre les évaluations de l’enfant par l’enseignant et la confiance en soi est partiellement médiatisé par les perceptions prêtées par l’enfant à son enseignant (33% de variance expliquée). Pour les évaluations de l’enfant par les pairs, les résultats se différencient en trois groupes selon les dimensions de nominations les plus saillantes. Pour le groupe évalué par les pairs de façon élevée sur la dimension « compétent ajusté », le lien entre les évaluations de l’enfant par les pairs et la confiance en soi est partiellement médiatisé par les perceptions prêtées par l’enfant à ses pairs (41% de variance expliquée). Pour le groupe évalué par les pairs de façon élevée sur la dimension « difficultés scolaires », le lien entre les évaluations de l’enfant par ses pairs et la confiance en soi est médiatisé par les perceptions prêtées par l’enfant à ses pairs (40,4% de variance expliquée). Les résultats indiquent également le rôle modérateur de la comparaison sociale, du soutien social et de l’importance accordée aux domaines dans les autoévaluations des enfants. Cette thèse souligne ainsi l’intérêt de considérer le lien complexe entre l’enfant et le milieu scolaire. / This dissertation focuses on children’s contribution to the relationship betweenlooking-glass-self and self-concept. This research has been inspired by James (1890),Baldwin (1897) and Wallon (1959) psychosocial work, especially Cooley’s conception of thelooking-glass-self theory (1902). Nurra & Pansu (2009) study has improved the lookingglass-self operationalization by taking into account the mediator role of vertical significantother’ reflected appraisal (parents and teacher). However, study emphasized that peers mayalso contribute to the looking-glass-self (Hue, 2006) and that children’s self-assessment mayemerge from peer’s comparison (Boissicat, et al., 2012). This research intends to develop thelooking-glass-self model by integrating the role of horizontal significant other’ reflectedappraisal at elementary school (peers), social comparison and social support in the emergenceof a sense of self. This study was conducted among 1073 elementary school children (51,35%girls; CE1 to CM2), their teacher’s (N = 43) and has examined self-concept using Harter’spsychometric scales (Harter, 1985; 2012). Results indicated mediating and moderatingeffects. Mediating analysis revealed that the relationship between teacher’s actual appraisaland child’s self-confidence could be partially mediated by teacher’s reflected appraisal. Therelationship between peer’s assessment and child’s self-confidence could be also partiallymediated by peer’s reflected appraisal. Results indicated that social comparison, socialsupport and the importance given to domains of competence could be considered asmoderators of the self-concept. This dissertation shows how significant other’s appraisaloperates in the class, their influence on the self-concept and children’s contribution throughthe filter of significant other's reflected appraisal in school context.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur identiteten offline påverkas av den konstruerade identiteten online på Instagram. För att kunna besvara studiens frågeställning genomförde de två författarna 8 intervjuer. Deltagarna bestod av unga vuxna inom åldersgruppen 18 - 25 år och var både kvinnor och män. För att tolka intervjuerna applicerades teorier och koncept från Anthony Giddens, Erving Goffman och Charles Horton Cooley. Denna studie gjordes mot bakgrund av sociala medier och självbild samt identitet och Instagram. Resultatet bygger på fem teman som uppkom under intervjuerna: påverkan, syfte, process, intryck och observationer. Det studien kom fram till var att deltagarna påverkades av online identiteten men på olika sätt. Ett sätt var att individer kunde finna sig själva och andra kunde få en sämre självkänsla från Instagram. Deltagarna var påverkade av andra människor inom plattformen av Instagram när det kom till processerna för att presentera online identiteten. Processerna kunde innebära hur deltagarna valde ut bilder, tankeprocesser inför att ladda upp en bild och liknande. Studien visade att offline identiteten kunde påverkas av online identiteten men andra individers bedömningar och närvaro hade en betydande påverkan på online identiteten. Detta är en intressant aspekt av identitet och Instagram som tidigare forskning inte fokuserat på och kan vara betydande i framtida studier om individers sociala beteende inom sociala medier.