Alexandre Fonseca D’Andrea, A. Alves, J. N. Carvalho, Maria Verônica Andrade da Silveira Edmundson, C. Abramson
{"title":"Brazilian Educational System and Advances in Vocational Teaching with the Advent of Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology1:","authors":"Alexandre Fonseca D’Andrea, A. Alves, J. N. Carvalho, Maria Verônica Andrade da Silveira Edmundson, C. Abramson","doi":"10.2466/10.IT.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/10.IT.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a description of the current situation of Vocational Education in Brazil, to indicate directions and perspectives for teaching practice and research, under the Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education of Brazil. Issues discussed include the history of university education in Brazil, how students are selected for university training, the role of government regulation in encouraging university education, and problems with the educational system. Of special interest are programs related to international cooperation such as the Thousand Women Program and Science Without Borders.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82573656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laterality of tickle sensation produced by self-stimulation1,2","authors":"Mayo Suzuki, Hikari Yamashita","doi":"10.2466/27.CP.4.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/27.CP.4.17","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Numerous authors have reported that people cannot create a tickling reaction in themselves. However, Provine (2000) claimed that ticklishness was felt even if he stimulated his own leg with his fingers. Ticklishness was stronger when the hand and leg were on opposite sides of the body. Provine's findings were replicated with 30 university students. Two types of stimulus presentation methods were adopted: a participant's fingers and a paintbrush. Ticklishness was assessed by self-rating and evaluation by observers. Provine's claim was supported only by the self-rating of stimulation with the fingers.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73206991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is suicide terrorism really the product of an evolved sacrificial tendency? A review of mammalian research and application of evolutionary theory1","authors":"Adam Lankford","doi":"10.2466/12.19.CP.4.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/12.19.CP.4.21","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Academic debates persist about the psychology of suicide terrorists, with one view being that they are psychologically healthy individuals who primarily engage in altruistic self-sacrifice to serve their family, organization, or cause. Some proponents of this view now argue that suicide attackers are actually responding to their evolved sacrificial tendencies. However, the present review questions this hypothesis. For one thing, it appears inconsistent with the evidence on which individuals become suicide bombers and why. More broadly, research from the animal kingdom suggests that there is an important limit to “selfless” or “altruistic” behavior among non-human mammals, which appear to have been naturally selected to save themselves rather than deliberately give up their lives to protect offspring from predation, infanticide, or starvation. Furthermore, kin selection theory suggests that intentional self-sacrifice would be maladaptive for virtually all mammals, including human beings, and that ...","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81002546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Simplest Chronoscope IV: Lateral Differences in Choice Reaction Time Responses Obtained by Meterstick versus Machine","authors":"A. Montare","doi":"10.2466/27.CP.4.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/27.CP.4.8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study compared right-hand and left-hand two-choice CRT responses of college students to both the simplest chronoscope (a falling meterstick) and to a digital-readout multi-choice reaction timer (machine). Tests of ipsilateral differences showed significant differences in CRT between the meterstick and the machine methods for both right and left hands. There were no significant contralateral differences in CRT with either the meterstick or machine methods. Combined total scores showed that there were significant differences in CRT responses obtained by meterstick versus machine, whereas there were no differences in CRT responses for all right-hand responses versus all left-hand responses. Results suggest that perhaps the workings of two different reaction time systems may account for the robustness of differences between CRT's obtained by meterstick versus machine.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82178110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the relationship between animal behavior and consumer products: developing critical awareness through classroom and home-based experimentation1","authors":"E. Kieson, C. Abramson","doi":"10.2466/01.07.CP.4.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/01.07.CP.4.23","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a series of exercises using consumer products to teach students and children basics of the scientific method. Ants and honey bees are used to test the effectiveness of popular...","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75603505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The etiology of frugal spending: a partial replication and extension1","authors":"R. Goldsmith, L. Flynn","doi":"10.2466/09.20.CP.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/09.20.CP.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"Frugal behavior is infrequently studied in both psychology and marketing. As a consumption pattern it deserves greater attention because frugal consumer behavior is a desirable goal for both individuals and societies. Paradoxically, targeting frugal consumers might also be a profitable strategy for savvy marketers. The present study builds on previous research into the nature and motivations for frugal behavior. Data analysis from a survey of 464 U.S. student respondents shows that three individual-difference characteristics are associated with frugality. Consistent with a prior study, frugality was negatively correlated with materialism and positively correlated with consumer independence. In addition, frugality was positively correlated with self-control, suggesting that frugal consumers tend to be less materialistic, more independent, and have more self-control than are their less frugal counterparts.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78177811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective Teaching: Sensory Learning Styles versus General Memory Processes1","authors":"K. Arbuthnott, Gregory P. Krätzig","doi":"10.2466/06.IT.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/06.IT.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Tailoring teaching strategies to accommodate students’ sensory learning styles (e.g., visual, auditory, kinesthetic) is widely recommended across all levels of education from kindergarten to university. However, research stretching across five decades suggests that such tailoring does not enhance students’ learning. In contrast, research does indicate strong learning benefits for methods such as integrative elaboration, distribution during learning, and frequent recall of learned material. This paper reviews evidence of learning associated with teaching focused on both sensory learning styles and general memory processes to encourage educators to adopt more evidence-based methods to enhance effective instruction.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86010751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlates of Loitering at a Methadone Clinic","authors":"Z. Cernovsky, Y. Bureau, S. Chiu, Gamal Sadek","doi":"10.2466/15.02.CP.4.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/15.02.CP.4.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An eight-item questionnaire was administered to 55 patients of a Canadian methadone clinic (34 men, 21 women) to self-rate their desire to relax in or around the clinic, chat with peers, enjoy the sense of community with fellow addicts, and rate the relative importance they may attribute to this part of their daily routine. Total score for loitering tendency was significantly correlated to scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (r = .39) and on the Drug Abuse Screening Test (r = .29) but not to results of urine tests for cocaine, opiates, and benzodiazepines, or to the psychopathology scales of the Symptom Checklist-90–Revised, or to age or sex. The loitering may express an unmet need for peer support.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89430249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How plausible is using averaged naep values to examine student achievement?1","authors":"Gregory J. Marchant","doi":"10.2466/03.CP.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/03.CP.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Software limitations and difficulty of use have led to some using averaged values instead of plausible values. This study compared the results of plausible values using AM Statistical Software with averaged values using SPSS for descriptive statistics multiple regressions using the 2009 4th and 8th grade math and reading National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for the total sample in addition to a subsample of Native American students. Gender and poverty and absenteeism and enjoyment of the subject material were used in separate equations to predict achievement. The subgroup means were almost identical, but differences were evident in the standard deviations. The regressions yielded similar results for both approaches. The results suggested that averaged values might present a viable, although not ideal, approach to plausible values.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"215 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75589081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Kountouris, Sotiris Drikos, Ioannis Aggelonidis, A. Laios, M. Kyprianou
{"title":"Evidence for Differences in Men's and Women's Volleyball Games Based on Skills Effectiveness in Four Consecutive Olympic Tournaments1:","authors":"P. Kountouris, Sotiris Drikos, Ioannis Aggelonidis, A. Laios, M. Kyprianou","doi":"10.2466/30.50.CP.4.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/30.50.CP.4.9","url":null,"abstract":"This study compares the differences in effectiveness of the five volleyball skills (serve, reception, attack, block, and dig) between men and women in high-level tournament games played at the last four consecutive Olympics. Results showed that men's and women's volleyball games are completely differentiated by two outcome measures. The first one is the higher proportion of faulty serves performed by men which is essentially attributable to the 19 cm difference in net height, while the second one derives from the fact that men outperform women at the execution of the attack.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74824321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}