Inhibition, facilitation, and attentional control in dementia of the alzheimer's type: The role of unifying principles in cognitive theory development.

2008 ◽  
pp. 213-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Faust ◽  
David A. Balota
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Unifying Principles

Steps Towards a Cognitive Theory of Unfamiliar Face Matching

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-61
Author(s):  
Markus Bindemann ◽  
A. Mike Burton
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Person Identification ◽  
Face Matching ◽  
Unfamiliar Face Matching ◽  
The Face ◽  
Unfamiliar Face ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

The visual comparison of unfamiliar faces—or ‘face matching’—is utilized widely for person identification in applied settings and has generated substantial research interest in psychology, but a cognitive theory to explain how observers perform this task does not exist. This chapter outlines issues of importance to support the development of a cognitive account of unfamiliar face matching. Characteristics of the face, such as within-person variability and between-person similarity in appearance, are considered as the visual input upon which identification must build. The cognitive mechanisms that observers may bring to bear on faces during identity comparison are analysed, focusing on attention, perception, evaluation, and decision processes, including sources of individual differences at each of these stages. Finally, the role of different experimental and occupational contexts in understanding face matching and for optimizing theory development is discussed.

The Mediating Role of Retrieval and Attentional Control on Probability Judgment

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Dougherty ◽  
Amber Sprenger ◽  
Sharona Atkins ◽  
Ana M. Franco-Watkins ◽  
Rick Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Probability Judgment ◽  
Mediating Role

Childhood Weight Management for School Health Nurses and School Children in Malaysia: A conceptual framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Norimah Said ◽  
Norazmir Md Nor ◽  
Siti Sabariah Buhari ◽  
Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Health ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Childhood Weight

In developing an effective Chidhood weight management, it needs to be based on a theory. The Social Cognitive theory (SCT) and Urie Bronfenbrenner model with integrated Kolb's model of Learning Styles and Experiential Learning is used in this study to modify and make changes to the personal factor influences such as knowledge, attitude and expectations, behavior modification and environmental influences among overweight and obese school children. The aim of this study is to provide a new model for the professional development role of the nurses in the School Health Program (SHP) and health education promotion towards obese school children to improve their quality of life. Furthermore, in this study SHP and future health education and promotion are integrated with the role of SHN to facilitate the effective management of childhood obesity. Keywords: obesity; school children; school nurses; conceptual framework;weight management eISSN 2514-7528 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v4i13.331

scholarly journals Anatomy of a Psychological Theory: Integrating Construct-Validation and Computational-Modeling Methods to Advance Theorizing

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162096679
Author(s):  
Ivan Grahek ◽  
Mark Schaller ◽  
Jennifer L. Tackett
Keyword(s):  
Computational Modeling ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Modeling Methods ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Convergence And Divergence

Discussions about the replicability of psychological studies have primarily focused on improving research methods and practices, with less attention paid to the role of well-specified theories in facilitating the production of reliable empirical results. The field is currently in need of clearly articulated steps to theory specification and development, particularly regarding frameworks that may generalize across different fields of psychology. Here we focus on two approaches to theory specification and development that are typically associated with distinct research traditions: computational modeling and construct validation. We outline the points of convergence and divergence between them to illuminate the anatomy of a scientific theory in psychology—what a well-specified theory should contain and how it should be interrogated and revised through iterative theory-development processes. We propose how these two approaches can be used in complementary ways to increase the quality of explanations and the precision of predictions offered by psychological theories.

Conceptualizing Qualitative Data

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110249
Author(s):  
Alex Broom
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Wide Range

Qualitative research is practiced across diverse disciplines and contexts, and this produces a wide range of perspectives on the role of conceptualization and theory development. It also results in a hugely varied mix of submissions to qualitative research journals in terms of their level of conceptual elevation. This editorial explores why we conceptualize qualitative data, and some common challenges evident in current qualitative practice.

Testing the impaired disengagement hypothesis: The role of attentional control and positive metacognitive beliefs in depression

2021 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 103961
Author(s):  
José M. Salguero ◽  
Juan Ramos-Cejudo ◽  
Esperanza García-Sancho ◽  
Ilyana Arbulu ◽  
José L. Zaccagnini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Metacognitive Beliefs

Internal projects as strategic tools: an organisation-level perspective and a research agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjørn Bjorvatn
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
And Performance

PurposeThe purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe and explain how organisations use internal projects to implement organisation-level strategy objectives.Design/methodology/approachTheory development with an emphasis on explaining key constructs and their mutual relationships. The theoretical contribution is represented in a diagram along with a detailed verbal account.FindingsThe paper develops a dynamic, cross-level framework to illustrate the organisational processes and outcomes that determine project-based strategy implementation within a single organisation. The interplay between the base organisation and the project, and benefits realisation were singled out as key future research areas. The proposed framework engages with central discourses in the fields of project management, strategic management, innovation studies, knowledge management and organisation studies.Research limitations/implicationsOnly the contours of an organisation-level theory of strategically motivated internal projects are outlined. Future research must elaborate on the complexities, the non-linear relationships and the boundary conditions that follow from the proposed framework.Practical implicationsManagers are alerted to the strategic role of internal projects, how these projects help connect strategy and performance and what the accompanying organisational processes and outcomes look like.Originality/valueThe paper constitutes an early conceptual treatment of strategy-driven internal projects as a distinct project category, thus addressing a major knowledge gap in project studies. Organisational project-management theory is extended with suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Influence of Top Management Supports on Informationization Performance: Based on the Mediating Role of Informationization Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Ming Zhong ◽  
Fuangfa Amponstira
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Information Strategy ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Enterprise Informatization ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Based on cognitive theory and high-level echelon theory, this paper studies the impact of executive support on the performance of enterprise informatization. Constructed the relationship model of corporate executive support, informatization strategy and informatization reform. Through a questionnaire survey of enterprises in Guangdong Province, China, a total of 420 valid questionnaires was collected, and the data were empirically analyzed using SPSS25 statistical software. The paper found that: executive support positively affects enterprise information performance. Information strategy positively affects enterprise information performance. Information strategy has an intermediary effect between executive support and information performance. This paper helps to understand the mechanism of executive support and informatization performance in-depth, enhance the support of executives to informatization management, and provide relevant suggestions for the development of enterprise informatization.

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