The research purposes of this thesis are to discuss the appropriateness of Yalom¡¦s use of the death issue in psychotherapy, and if the concept of death is different in Yalom, Heidegger and Freud. However, if we want to discuss this, we should discuss the correlation of Yalom¡¦s existential psychotherapy, Heidegger¡¦s philosophy and Freud¡¦s psychoanalysis of the unconscious. On the basis of these research purposes, the thesis will clarify these questions: 1. Is there any correlation of the death issue between Yalom¡¦s existential psychotherapy and Heidegger¡¦s ontology of being-toward-death? 2. Is there any correlation of the death issue between Yalom¡¦s existential psychotherapy and Freud¡¦s psychoanalysis of the unconscious? 3. After comparing these perspectives, this thesis will integrate the perspectives of death in Yalom¡¦s existential psychotherapy, Heidegger¡¦s ontology and Freud psychoanalysis of the unconscious to see if there is any special value in this dialogue frame. Also, what role does the death perspective play in connecting these three? This thesis hopes to better understand one of the ultimate concerns of Yalom ¡V death ¡V through the different points of view in Heidegger and Freud, and to clarify the special effectiveness and restrictions of using this concept in existential psychotherapy.

The medical care is one of the service encounters. Patients evaluate the service quality based on the interaction with the physician. This research integrates the babyface and gender stereotypes into the model of service encounter. The research examines how these stereotypes affect people¡¦s perceptions and judgments, especially after a negative event occurs. The present study uses an experimental design to investigate the effects of the level of babyface (high vs. low), gender of physician (male vs. female) and the type of specialty (the surgical department vs. the internal medical department). A 2x2x2 factorial design is conducted. Eight different scenarios are established and the effects are measured by satisfaction and loyalty(the attitude toward the medical care). In addition, health consciousness is incorporated into this research to observe the responses under those scenarios. The results indicate that the babyfaced physicians are more effective than the maturefaced physicians in terms of patient¡¦s satisfaction and loyalty. More importantly, the results demonstrate that in the babyfaced group, the male physicians are more effective than the female ones, but no such difference is found in the maturefaced physicians. After the negative even happened, due to the Teddy-bear effect arise, the female babyfaced physicians in the surgical department earned higher loyalty than male ones. On the other hand, the female maturefaced physicians in the internal medical department earn stronger loyalty from patients than male ones. Regarding the aspect of attribution in this study, the results show that the female maturefaced physicians are more likely to be perceived as frauds, and the female babyfaced physicians are more likely to be deemed to be responsible for such the negative event. When considering perceived severity of the negative event, people are more likely to attribute it to the male babyfaced physicians within the surgical department, and the female babyfaced physicians within the internal medical department. Overall speaking, the results suggest that stereotypes of babyface and gender exist in the service encounter with physicians.

The purpose of this study is to develop a curriculum which integrated life education and music and to examine the effects of this integrated curriculum on senior high school students¡¦ sense of purpose of life and attitudes toward death. Using a quasi-experimental design, two freshman classes were selected from a Junior high school in Pintung County. Then the two classes were randomly assigned to the experiment group and the control group. The former received a 10-week long integrated life education/music curriculum, while the latter did not receive any treatment. Before and after the experiment, both groups of students were tested on the purpose of life and attitudes toward death, and they answered several open-ended questions about life and death. The experimental group also gave feedbacks about the curriculum. The results of this study found that, after the intervention, the two groups showed no difference in their changes in their sense of the purpose of life and attitudes toward death. However, the students evaluated the program positively; they considered the topic discussed important and liked the way it is integrated into the music curriculum. They also reported that they are inspired to contemplate the complex issue of life and death. Based upon the findings, the implications of this study were discussed.

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In recent years, new media grow vigorously, and in which is most noticeable by the outdoor media. The reason is that along with the progress of technology the broadcasting of advertisement can be settled in many kinds of place filled with people, like department stores and supermarkets, no longer limited by the time or the place. Besides, people will be attracted by the visual and acoustic effect of this new medium. Therefore, this study is based on Web Advertising Attitude Model, and the main purpose of this study is to understand the audience¡¦s attitude toward digital signage, a new outdoor medium. Three findings are revealed. First, the relevant demographic variables have no significant effect on attitude toward advertising. Second, the informativeness and credibility of advertising have significant effect on advertising value. Furthermore, they will result in the positive attitude toward advertising. Finally, the entertainment and irritation have no significant effect on advertising value.

ABSTRACT The educational system now in Taiwan is multi-phased and completely different from the previous elitist educational system. It has been 14 years since educational reform was conducted by the 410 Educational Reform Movement in 1994. This movement believed in modifying the old previous system for the benefit of more students. The research is to better understand the parents¡¦ views towards education, and how much education from craming schools is actually needed. The researcher interviewed the children grade one to grade nine in Pintung City, who go to craming schools regularly. This research was conducted through questionnaires and with available statistics. It was discovered that, according to 393 parents interviewed, students showed differences in the following items ever since the implementation of the Grade 1 through 9 Curriculum: 1. Attitudes towards the new policies: More females have recognized the benefits and more teachers had more flexible time with students. 2. Attitudes towards education: A better economy means more opportunities for some students to have lessons at craming schools. Parents have discovered that it is not easy to help their children with their studies. 3. Education from craming schools many parents value how well their children perform academically. Therefore, before they decide on a certain craming school, they investigate the teaching quality and reputation of different craming schools. 4. Cram schools offer a variety of courses and parents pay extra money for supplementary courses. 5. Medium income families depend more on craming schools. 6. Parents with higher education know better how to make the most of craming schools. 7. Lower income families and those with lower education are in greater need of supplementary classes from craming schools. The Grade 1 through 9 Curriculum educational system aims at integrating students¡¦ learning abilities, developing students¡¦ compassion for the less privileged, and to help students acquire more knowledge about international affairs. These goals are for keeping the students competitive internationally. In addition, our government expects that the new system can be integrated with the future 12-year compulsory educational system in order to provide students from poor communities and families with more access and opportunities for higher education. It is true that the government has provided various accesses to higher education: however, this has resulted in a wider variety of classes being offered by craming schools. Now there are classes on developing learning skills, courses on dealing with tests and exams, how to win intercampus competitions, and a wider variety of classes in core subjects. Craming schools are needed by society however; they now play a role of supervising the quality of our educational system. They also are widening the division of access to a complete education between the poor and the rich Thus cram schools and educational policies should target customer satisfaction and student and teacher approval. Now what is highly expected from the policy makers is to keep cram schools competitive in a good way so that the students can obtain the most benefits.

The system of Labor Pension in Taiwan deeply influences every class of labor and its intention and regulation of retirement system also affects to operation of government financial budget. The study aims to discuss the trend toward fewer children and the population aging which are somehow affecting forward finance perspective of holistic Labor Pension Fund. Especially, we confront an unbalance situation of population structure, how it reflected the contribution income of labor pension fund and its disbursement of pension payment and how it associated to operation of Labor Pension Fund. In addition, the government should be realized how to deal with the development of population in the future, gear up for designing a better supplementary measure. Therefore, the study will be analyzed with aspect of finance on the population aging phenomenon and how birth rate decline affect toward the New Labor Pension System and Old Labor Pension System. Hopefully, the study results can benefit our labor retirement policy. The study results as follows: A. For the trend toward fewer children, in the short term, the evidence shows that it is unclear either on contribution of the New Labor Pension System or Old Labor Pension System. However, in the mid- and long term, the contribution of fund will be gradually affected, beginning to decrease slowly with the contribution. B. For the population aging phenomenon, Old Labor Pension System on payment from fund indicted that incomes are much more than disbursements so it won¡¦t be a burden on Old Labor Pension Fund. On the contrary, due to different payment regulation between New Labor Pension System and Old Labor Pension System, the population aging is irrelevant to disbursement of New Labor Pension.

Despite the fact that boys and girls in the US perform at equal rates on most standardized math exams, girls report lower self-confidence in, positive affect toward, and valuation of this subject. Internationally, the gap between girls’ and boys’ math scores is mostly accounted for by gender socialization and the rights of women in society. The present research uses Eccles’ (Parsons [Eccles] et al., 1983) Expectancy Value framework in considering the importance of math self-confidence, math valuation, and sex role egalitarianism on math achievement. Multiple regression will be used to determine the predictive ability of the independent variables. It is proposed that sex role egalitarianism and attitudes toward math will each significantly predict math achievement scores. Additionally, sex role egalitarianism will add to the prediction of math scores above what attitudes towards math contribute. Implications and future directions are discussed. / text

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Using a mixed-method design, the purpose of this research was to understand interest in the elementary science classroom as affected by different teaching methods. Of particular concern was the state of interest in junior level (Grades 4-6) science classrooms. Research conducted on science interest and attitudes toward science has identified significant declines in student interest and engagement across grade levels. To remedy these concerns, it has become imperative that researchers and science educators gain a greater understanding of the growing literature in the field of interest and how this research might improve student engagement, especially at the elementary level. Questionnaires were administered to 178 students from Grades 4-6 measuring their individual interest in science, the frequency at which they were exposed to different teaching methods in science, and the level of interest they held for each instructional approach in science class. In addition, student interviews were conducted with six students from both genders representing each grade to better understand what makes for interesting and effective teaching of science in the eyes of the students. The quantitative and qualitative components yielded largely similar findings. Results indicated that passive learning tasks, such as written work and note taking, became less popular as grade level increased, that female students maintained a greater interest in passive learning tasks than males, and that passive learning tasks had the greatest impact on predicting student interest in science. Furthermore, students reported that they were best engaged by instructional strategies that were characterized by experimentation, cooperation, relevance, and novelty. These results were used to shed light on previous research in the field, and to suggest directions for future research and practice. / Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2009-04-09 11:04:44.967