intelligent Dweck’s (1999). For this study 5,805 undergraduate students from the ages of eighteen to thirty five participated from the University of Padua. They had to answer three selfreport questionnaires. The SelfRegulated Learning Questionnaire which had fifty questions, the Emotions Questionnaire which had sixty questions, and the…
Introduction Frederick Herzberg was a behavioural scientist who proposed what is called the two-factor theory which this annotated bibliography is about. According to Herzberg , there are some actual job factors that result in satisfaction while there are other job factors that prevent dissatisfaction (MSG, 2018). A recurring theme among these articles show a motivator-hygiene study which the practitioners test both the motivators and the hygiene factors and result in the hygiene…
form of responses of people to questionnaires, interviews, surveys, and observations (OWL, 1995-2015). Furthermore, it is usually informed by secondary sources such as surveys by the government or other companies. Disadvantages of using questionnaires: • Like other evaluations, it is done usually after the event; therefore people tend to forget important issues. • If the questionnaire is too long, people tend to answer carelessly. Advantages of using questionnaires: • A large amount of…
score significantly higher in the questionnaire in the post-test, with a longer reaction time in the odd one out task, indicating that after exposure to food stimuli these individuals attention was impaired. Method There will be two levels of the independent variable in order to test this hypothesis. The first independent variable will be either high/low preference of fatty foods. This will be conducted through a pre-post test questionnaire. The questionnaire will…
American Health Foundation. Researchers have always used different methods to conduct a study on Health Education for Pregnant Smokers. The most common method that has been used to evaluate Health Education for Pregnant Smokers is questionnaires. In this case, questionnaires were used to determine the negative effects of motherhood and breastfeeding, excess health care costs, and Behavioral Impact. This study confirmed a large difference in quit rates Up 31% of Pregnant smokers.…
everyday life. Each participant has to write four essays during the 10 weeks’ semester, staged at weeks 2, 4, 7, 9. All the essays will be collected right after the lesson as a reference. In weeks 1, students will be first asked to complete a questionnaire. It is aimed to obtain data related to students’ preference, including the amount and the type of feedback they prefer. The instructor who is responsible for the experimental group (group A) will get a copy of…
The Love Canal is located in Niagara Falls, New York. It is named after William T. Love who intended for this location to become a dream community where water could be used to power the surrounding industries and homes. By 1910 it became evident that Love would not see his dream fulfilled. Ten years later industries began to use the abandoned ditch to dispose of various chemicals. Landfills can be safely used if they are managed properly. In 1942 a company began using the Love Canal as a…
Measurements The LifeShirt, a lightweight shirt made by VivoMetrics with built-in sensors capable of measuring respirational activity, heart rate, and subject posture and activity levels, among other things, was used to measure heart rate (HR) and RSA. RSA is used to determine automatic “cardiac control” by the brain in a subject and is a measurement of changes in heart rate during a respiratory period. HR and RSA were measured every five minutes between the introduction of the subjects to the…
One time in high school I drove to one of my close friends homes. I walk in through the front door only to find my friend’s father yelling at him because he did not pick her up from work the day before and was now being punished by not being allowed to drive the car for the rest of the week. Just two weeks later I went to a different friend’s home and when I came in the house, his mother was discussing with him very calmly that she was disappointed that he came home so late the night before,…
will motivate them to work harder to prepare for it. Use of fear appeals was measured by the Teacher’s Use of Fear Appeals questionnaire, which assessed frequency of use and perception of threat from the perspective of the students. Results were then compared with test-anxiety scores, assessing levels of anxiety about the exam, and scores from an Achievement Goals Questionnaire, which measured approach versus avoidance behaviors. They concluded no clear causal relationship between the use of…