Doctor Pharmaceuticae - Dpharm / The brain laterality of pharmacists may influence where the pharmacists are best
suited to work. Brain laterality refers to the asymmetry of the hemispheres of the brain with
regard to specific cognitive functions, such as objectivity and emotion. The left hemisphere
functions objectively and rationally, whereas the right hemisphere is subjective and nonrational.
Animal behaviour in the literature demonstrated an influence of brain laterality, thus
selecting an ideal work environment may also be driven by brain laterality bias. Further
support for the research included: amblyopia; hemiplegia; the WADA test.
The research question investigated the matching of the brain laterality groups of
pharmacists to their ideal work environments. The aims investigated: ear, eye, hand and foot
dominance in determining brain laterality; influence of brain laterality and reductionistic
variables on job choice; location of emotion generation and job choice. Five objectives
investigated these aims: influence of brain laterality alone; influence of brain laterality and
reductionistic variables; influence of a new brain laterality determining continuum;
Propinquity Principle in achieving data; correctness of the Right Hemisphere Theory (RHT)
or the Valence Theory (VT). The RHT suggests that the right hemisphere is dominant in
processing all emotion. The VT argues that the left hemisphere is specialised in processing
the positive emotions while the right hemisphere is specialised in processing the negative
emotions. The resulting Null Hypothesis posits that there is no statistical difference between
the different brain laterality groups enabling pharmacists to work competently in any
placement. The Alternative Hypothesis was that there is a statistical difference between the
brain laterality groups, thus brain laterality can be used to best place pharmacists into ideal
placements.
Global warming questions in the questionnaire determined positive and negative emotion as
well as enthusiasm for global warming problems. In South Africa, probability cluster sampling
was applied utilising postal and email methods. In the UK, non-probability purposive sampling
was applied utilising four methods: snowballing, email, postal, and convenience sampling.
Both countries produced similar results for the same sample size.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6456 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Symon, Bernard Dennis |
| Contributors | Butler, Nadine |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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