Essays about: "Social cognition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 90 essays containing the words Social cognition.
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1. Effects of personal perspective on an individuals’ moral intuition
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal perspective framing. READ MORE
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2. OPTIMISATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS An Experimental Study Investigating the Role of Causal Cognition and Social Learning in Micro-society Paradigms
University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologiAbstract : Cumulative technological culture - how humans can build upon and improve the technology and tools of earlier generations - has been regarded as a main contributing factor for Homo sapiens' success as a species. In this study we investigate the role of causal cognition and social learning in the optimisation of technological artefacts. READ MORE
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3. The Impact of Social Support, Age, and Education in Second Language Acquisition of Adults
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : The topic of second language learning is frequently discussed in linguistics and social science, and several factors differentiate between second language learning in children and adults. Adults are faced with additional complications when learning a new language, including social factors, exposure to natural learning situations, and neurobiological factors. READ MORE
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4. Human and Robot Narrator: How Gestures Affect Comprehension and Recollection
University essay from Lunds universitet/KognitionsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis investigated if a human or a robot narrator affected listeners’ comprehension and memory recollection similarly in a narrative story. 103 participants (MeanAge = 35) were recruited to an online experiment to investigate if gestures affected the participants’ narrative comprehension and recollection more than a narrator that did not produce gestures. READ MORE
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5. Domestication effects on the human-chicken relationship
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : Domesticated species possess certain cognitive abilities that allow them to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions contribute to the overall human-animal relationship. Studying the human-animal relationship allows us to better understand how domesticated animals perceive and navigate their environment, which can then be used to improve their welfare. READ MORE