Essays about: "Social and Behavioral Science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Social and Behavioral Science.

  1. 1. Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of Modern-Day Freak Show Performers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Dana Stepankova; [2023]
    Keywords : freak; freak shows; BDSM; body suspension; edgework; dark play; subculture; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Author: Dana Štěpánková Title: Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of ModernDay Freak Show Performers Supervisor: Sébastien Tutenges Master’s Thesis SOCM04, Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Department of Sociology, Spring 2023 Freak shows have been historically depicted as dehumanizing spectacles exhibiting individuals with physical anomalies. Over time, these shows faded away, but human curiosity and fascination with difference and deviance have brought them back in a new form. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fill your belly not your bin: An action research project to reduce food waste at Kunskapsskolan in Trelleborg, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gyeong Jeong Min; Silvia Mugnaini; [2021]
    Keywords : Food waste; School canteens; Sustainability education; Three Spheres of Transformation framework; Sustainability science; Sweden; Trelleborg; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : School canteens have been identified as a unique case to address food waste due to their dual role: on one hand as big generators of food waste and on the other as settings to deliver education to reduce it. This thesis applies action research methodology to a collaborative project with a school called Kunskapsskolan in Trelleborg, Sweden, attempting to reduce food waste. READ MORE

  4. 3. Filmmakers’ interpretation of environmental science fiction : an exploration of how movies can be used for change making

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sara Gustavsson; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental communication; science fiction; cinematic storytelling; storytelling; futuristic science fiction; environmental science fiction; social cognitive theory of mass communication; Albert Bandura;

    Abstract : We are now living within the reality of the worst environmental crisis mankind has ever seen and some modes within environmental communication are struggling to help us create change. In recent decade, there has been a growing interest in using storytelling for sustainable change. READ MORE

  5. 4. Choice blindness and the (in)transitivity of preferences: A graph-based method for studying preference structures in real-time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Erik Haglund; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognitive science; Behavioural economics; Choice blindness; money pumps; preferences; cognition; graphs; graph theory; intransitive preferences; transitive; decision-making; transitivity; cyclic preferences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The axiom of transitivity states that if a person prefers option A to B and B to C, he must also prefer A to C. This simple axiom is often seen as one of the pillars of rational choice, but whether it should be has created a divide in the research community. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Systematic Literature Review on Research of Sport Injury Prediction: A Psychological and Sociocultural Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Hälsa och idrott

    Author : Rasmus Christiansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Psychological; Sociocultural; Risk factors; Sport injury;

    Abstract : Background: Predictive psychological variables to sport injury have been extensivelyexplored during the last three decades. More recently, sociocultural variables have beenemphasized having a significantly impact in the injury process. READ MORE