Essays about: "In-group"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 essays containing the word In-group.
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1. The mirage of agreeableness : A study of the impact of free-riding behavior on the sucker-effect
University essay from Södertörns högskola/PsykologiAbstract : In group work, the sucker-effect is a motivational loss in which effort is reduced due to feeling taken advantage of when other group members intentionally avoid work, known as free-riding. No previous studies on the sucker-effect have investigated moderating factors that can be attributed to the free-rider. READ MORE
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2. The concept of civilians in terrorist thought : A multiple case study on the discourse of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, studies on Islamic terrorism and terrorist ideology dramatically increased. Although the term has been difficult to define, "terrorism" is commonly used to describe unlawful violence against civilians for political aims. READ MORE
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3. Dog owner knowledge and attitudes towards oral vaccination : a field study on canine rabies in Lao PDR
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Rabies is a fatal viral disease causing around 59,000 deaths each year worldwide. Out of all deaths, 95% occur in Africa and Asia. In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) rabies is endemic with dogs being the main virus reservoir. All mammals can be infected by the rabies virus but up to 99% of human rabies cases are transmitted by dogs. READ MORE
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4. Social media use and life satisfaction among Swedish adolescents : Examining the potentially moderating role of physical activity
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskapAbstract : Background: The decline of adolescents’ mental well-being, coinciding with an increase of social media as a primary platform for adolescents’ social life, have been suggested to be associated. The current study aimed to investigate the association between social media frequency, problematic social media use (PSMU), and adolescents’ life satisfaction, the potential moderating effect of physical activity on these associations, and in-group differences in the associations by gender and grade. READ MORE
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5. An Introduction to Symmetry Protected Topological Phases
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teoretisk fysikAbstract : In this thesis, we aim to display characteristics of symmetry protected topological phases within quantum mechanics (QM). Building on well known aspects of QM, we relate the formalism to basic group representation theory, and review the connection between projective symmetries and protected vacuum degeneracies. READ MORE