Summary: Two studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that stronger degrees of ambivalence attenuate the attitude-behavior correspondence. We also tested the hypothesis that the weaker attitude-behavior correspondence at higher levels of ambivalence ...
Nutrition Education in Children - Results from an Evaluation StudyThis article reports results from an evaluation study of a nutrition education program for children in Saxony. The efficacy of the education program in the areas of nutrition-related ...
The behavior of 100 healthy dogs and 100 healthy cats was analysed during their physical examination from “head to tail”. A complete physical examination was possible without restraint in 70 % of the dogs and 76 % of the cats. Only a partial examination ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a GnRH vaccine (Equity®) on behavior and gonadal function in horses with unwanted behavior. The reason for the treatment was asked using a questionnaire and the findings of physical examination, ...
Evaluation and behavior: The role of motor activity in attitudes and emotionsAbstract. Behavioral approach and avoidance orientations play a central role in an environment that provides us with both the possibility to fulfill our needs and risks. In ...
The Bavarian Longitudinal Study (BLS): Implications for Theory and PracticeAbstract. The BLS investigated the development of very preterm infants (VPI < 32 weeks gestation), neonatal at risk children (> 31 weeks gestation) and fullterm controls over the ...
Abstract: Open Science is an important development in science, not only to overcome the replication crisis or crisis of confidence but also to openly and transparently describe research processes to enable replication and reproduction. ...
Humans exposed to neurotoxins may exhibit alterations in cognitive and affective functioning and report a wide range of subjective symptoms. The multidisciplinary field of “neuropsychological toxicology” provides a framework for the systematic assessment ...
Background: This study compares sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 102 first-time hospital-treated suicide attempters (first-evers) with a group of 101 repeat suicide attempters (repeaters) consecutively admitted to a general hospital in ...
Abstract. This study explores whether photos posted on online social networks can be used to assess personality. We have demonstrated that personality is connected to human- and machine-detected situational cues, characteristics, classes, ...
Research teams in five countries (France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, UK) developed in common a comparative study on individual attitudes and behaviors towards the environment, and on the importance of environmental issues in the media of these countries. ...
Abstract. This paper discusses five areas where psychologists have roles in helping to address climate change, its effects on the planet and human beings, these five areas are as follows: (1) Changing human behaviors that are causing ...
The term “consistency bias” (Sadler & Woody, 2003) refers to people’s tendency to judge their own interpersonal behavior in a given situation in accordance with their general self-images, even if their actual behavior in the situation is partialled out. ...
Although several definitions exist, a personality trait can be defined as the average or expected value of personality-relevant behaviors. However, recent evidence suggests that, while trait questionnaires and aggregated momentary assessments of ...
Abstract. In this exploratory study, a group of subjects was asked to come up with visible and quantifiable behaviors tied to certain person-descriptive adjectives. Another group of subjects then rated how much different levels of the behaviors would ...
Dispositional attitudes are an individual difference in the tendency to form positive versus negative attitudes. As positive (negative) attitudes promote active (inactive) responses to stimuli, we predicted that dispositional attitudes would be positively ...
Abstract: Conspiracy theorizing can motivate non-normative intentions (e.g., tax evasion and violence). However, less is known about the contributors of these conspiracy-inspired intentions or if they translate into ...
Abstract. The capacity to establish interpersonal synchrony is fundamental to human beings because it constitutes the basis for social connection and understanding. Interpersonal synchrony refers to instances when the movements or ...
Abstract. The increasing usage of new technologies implies changes for personality research. First, human behavior becomes measurable by digital data, and second, digital manifestations to some extent replace conventional behavior in the analog world. ...