Essays about: "Applied and experimental psychology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Applied and experimental psychology.

  1. 6. Measuring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Johan Mårtensson; [2007]
    Keywords : implicit attitudes; explicit attitudes; memory; Psychology; Psykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Two experiments examined implicit and explicit attitudes for attitude-congruent material. Both implicit and explicit memory was measured with the same stimuli and the same responses in both experiments. READ MORE

  2. 7. Choice blindness as a new tool to study preference change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Betty Tärning; [2007]
    Keywords : choice blindness; preference; decision making; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent research has shown that we might not be as aware of our choices as we believe ourselves to be - a phenomenon called choice blindness (Johansson et al, 2005). In this thesis I replicate and extend these results by showing that choice blindness can be used to unconsciously influence preferences. READ MORE

  3. 8. Electrophysiology of stereotypes: N400 as a measure of the beautiful is good stereotype

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Anders Rasmussen; [2007]
    Keywords : EEG; N400; stereotypes; beautiful is good; attractiveness; Neurology; neuropsychology; neurophysiology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Our tendency to associate attractive people with positive traits and unattractive people with negative traits is well documented. Stereotypes have traditionally been measured using either explicit measures such as questionnaires, or implicit measures such as the Implicit Association Test. READ MORE

  4. 9. Retrieveal-Induced Forgetting in a Cross-Language Design

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Marcus Norrgren; [2006]
    Keywords : retrieval-induced forgetting; executive functions; language; retrieval paradigm; forgetting; Psychology; Psykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Retrieval-induced forgetting refers to the notion that remembering may sometimes cause forgetting of related but currently irrelevant items. This thesis aimed at investigating if this phenomenon generalizes to a cross-language design. READ MORE

  5. 10. A cross-cultural perspective at the role of employers in the meaning of unemployment. A phenomenological research in Poland and in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Anna Wypustek; [2006]
    Keywords : unemployment; phenomenology; cross-cultural; religion; employers; Psychology; Psykologi; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Unemployment is an arousing problem in many parts of the world. That is why exploring this area is so important nowadays. This study takes a closer look at the influence that organisations, that is previous or future employers, can have on the process of unemployment. READ MORE