Essays about: "Cognitive bias"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 65 essays containing the words Cognitive bias.

  1. 16. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognition; multimodality; cognitive ecocriticism; synaesthesia; cross-modality; sensorial aesthetics; phenomenology; immersion; animal subjectivity; animal sentience; animal alterity; extended mind theory; social mind; upper secondary school; high school; EFL context.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE

  3. 17. Perceptions of “Progress” among Journalists in Kenya : An exploratory study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Agnes Rube; [2021]
    Keywords : perceptions; “progress”; journalism; Kenya; in-depth interviews; media practitioners; survey; knowledge level; development indicators; knowledge production; epistemology; negative bias; internalized orientalism; post-development; post-colonialism;

    Abstract : This study explores what factors Kenyan journalists perceive influence their assessment of progress in the country and in what ways they believe their world-views impact their reporting. The study also assesses the journalists' awareness and knowledge of national progress achieved in development indicators. READ MORE

  4. 18. Exponential Growth Bias and Worry in the Context of COVID-19 and Stock Market

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristina Englund; [2021]
    Keywords : Exponential growth bias; worry; loss aversion; COVID-19; behavioral economics; cognition; cognitive psychology;

    Abstract : People use shortcuts to make decisions to efficiently deal with a large volume of information. Linear thinking is one shortcut and it contributes to exponential growth bias which means underestimation of exponential growth values. This study examined differences in exponential growth bias in the context of the stock market and COVID-19 cases. READ MORE

  5. 19. Regional atrophy correlates of domain-specific episodic memory in early Alzheimer’s disease

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Hannah Baumeister; [2021]
    Keywords : Alzheimer’s disease; episodic memory; amyloid-β; tau; atrophy; neurodegeneration; mnemonic discrimination; response bias; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau depositions as well as neurodegeneration, and is typically accompanied by a progressive decline in episodic memory. Previous research proposes two neural memory networks that process different stimulus domains. READ MORE

  6. 20. Marketers are Watching You : An exploration of AI in relation to marketing, existential threats, and opportunities

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Sofia Lindström; Sebastian Edemalm; Erik Reinholdsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; AI; Marketing Automation; Machine Learning; Bubble; Bias; Personalization; Black Box; Manipulation; Marketing; Digital Marketing; Digitalization;

    Abstract : Background: As of today, it is apparent that with the ever-changing demands and needs of customers, companies are facing enormous pressure to deliver the right value, on time, in the right way, and proper manner. To realize the full potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a careful plan and method need to be established in the development and deployment when incorporating the technology with marketing. READ MORE