Some Social-Psychological Aspects of the High School Orientation Program

1957 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Arthur Smith ◽  
Jane Josse
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Orientation Program ◽  
School Orientation

scholarly journals Social Psychological Theories and Sustainable Second Language Learning: A Model Comparison Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Kyung Kim ◽  
Tae-Il Pae
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
School Students ◽  
South Korean

The purposes of the present study are two-fold: (1) To examine whether social psychological variables, such as attitude and subjective norm, can predict South Korean English as a foreign language high school students’ intention to learn English, and (2) to identify the best social psychological model for sustainable second language learning in the context of South Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) learning. A total of 614 South Korean high school learners of English participated in the present study. Data collected from a survey questionnaire were analyzed using a structural equation modeling procedure. Results of the present study indicate that South Korean high school students’ attitudes toward learning English and subjective norms made a significant and independent contribution to the variance in their intention to study English. Among the three competing social psychological models examined in the current study, the theory of Planned Behavior and an expanded model of Gardner’s Socio-educational Model proved to be the most effective in terms of the strength of path coefficients and explanatory power. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are provided.

Social-Psychological Aspects of Religion and Prejudice: Evidence from Survey and Experimental Research

2013 ◽  
pp. 107-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Kaisa Newheiser ◽  
Miles Hewstone ◽  
Alberto Voci ◽  
Katharina Schmid ◽  
Andreas Zick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Social Psychological

scholarly journals Die Wende als Witz, Komische Darstellungen eines historischen Umbruchs

Literator ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-154
Author(s):  
W. Gabler
Keyword(s):  
Political Change ◽  
East Germany ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Literary Representation ◽  
Lost Object

Wit in the literary representation of a historical transitionThe author of this article has observed a growing interest in texts presenting the political change in East Germany (GDR) as a comical event. During the last few years the interest in this kind of text has intensified - among literary critics as well as among ordinary readers of texts. In his analysis of the literary texts the author commences with Sigmund Freud’s theory of wit, which he further elaborates in its social-psychological aspects and adapts to modern principles in the analysis of literary texts. The author shows that the wit in two recent novels - Helden wie wir (1995) by Thomas Brussig and Der Zimmerspringbrunnen (1995) by Jens Sparschuh - is based on unconsciously repressed or isolated feelings of mourning over the lost object, the GDR. These feelings are seen as the major reason for the different or contradictory public reception of both novels.

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