Search results for "persoonallisuuden psykologia"
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The Finnish Version of the Affinity for Technology Interaction (ATI) Scale : Psychometric Properties and an Examination of Gender Differences
2022
The pervasiveness of technical systems in our lives calls for a broad understanding of the interaction between humans and technology. Affinity for technology interaction (ATI) scale measures the tendency of a person to actively engage or to avoid interaction with technological systems, including both software and physical devices. This research presents a psychometric analysis of a Finnish version of the ATI scale. The data consisted of 796 responses of students in a Finnish university. The data were analyzed utilizing factor analysis and both nonparametric and parametric item response theory. The Finnish version of the ATI scale proved to be essentially unidimensional, showing high reliabi…
Curiosity and exploration: A conceptual overview and structural modeling
2001
Many attempts have been made to measure curiosity or intrinsic motivation. However, there is no consensus on what curiosity is. In the present study, five previously constructed curiosity inventories were translated to Finnish and modified to be convenient for fifth-graders. The main purpose of the study was to clarify the concept of curiosity. Using conceptual analysis and the results of previous studies, it was possible to construct nine alternative conceptual models of curiosity. The corresponding statistical models were expected to account for the covariances among 15 subscales measuring curiosity-related exploratory behavior. However, before proceeding to the subscale level, the struct…
Achievement strategies in adolescence and young adulthood
2007
Väitöskirjatyössään Sami Määttä tutki nuoruutta ja nuorta aikuisuutta ajattelu- ja suoritusstrategioiden näkökulmasta. - Nuorten ja nuorten aikuisten ajattelu- ja toimintatavat muodostavat kumuloituvia kehiä erilaisten muiden psykologisten tekijöiden, kuten masennuksen, ja muiden tärkeiden kehitysvaiheeseen liittyvien tekijöiden, kuten koulumenestyksen kanssa, Määttä kertoo. Adaptiiviset strategiat, kuten optimismi, pitävät itseään yllä ja lisäävät todennäköisyyttä sille, että nuori pärjää koulussa ja elämässä yleensä, mikä taas vähentää esimerkiksi masennuksen todennäköisyyttä. Tämä taas johtaa siihen, että optimistisen strategian käyttö tulevaisuudessa on entistäkin todennäköisempää. Sen …
From Country Girl in Southern Finland to Longitudinal Research into Alternatives to Aggression and Violence
2021
Lea Pulkkinen, born in Finland in 1939, is Emerita Professor of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). She is best known for creating the ongoing Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JLSPSD). The study was specifically intended to test the hypothesis that the human brain allows for more variation in behavior than the simple ‘fight or flight’ response observed in animal studies of aggression. She further hypothesized that humans’ capacity for cognitive control over emotional behavior was the key factor involved in controlling aggressive behavior. These hypotheses led her to devise an impulse control model to depict behavioral alternatives, which s…