Volume 21, Issue 2, 2013

The influence of TV to preschool children social relations and parents approaches to this subject
Babaroğlu, A. Pages 7-28Author(s): Ayhan Babaroğlu
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 7-28
No. of Pages: 22
Keywords: child; social development; social relation; television
Summary/Abstract: This study aim to social relations of the influence TV preschool children, television viewing habits and approaches on the issue of families. Study includes a total of 747 people and half of this number 4-5 year old children from public preschool and the other half of the parents of these children. This study were Adana province located in southern Turkey. The “Social Relationship Sub-Dimension of Behavior Grading Scale” was used to evaluate the behavioral development of children, while the “General Information Form” was used to obtain certain information about children and their families. Mother's age and education level were effected on children score form social relationship. Also, children of parent setting rules on TV watching time and program qualification. Furthermore, 47 % of children spend 1-2 hours with TV, 82,7 % of children prefer childrens’ programme or cartoon of the finding were obtained.
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Effect of studies on attitudes towards inmates
Rotaru, T. Ş., Pretula, M., & Boncu, Ş. Pages 29-43Author(s): Stefan Boncu, Mihaela Pretula, Tudor-Ștefan Rotaru
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 29-43
No. of Pages: 15
Keywords: inmates; forensic psychology; attitudes; delinquency
Summary/Abstract: None of the studies pertaining to what role education plays in shaping the attitudes toward inmates specifically addressed the differences between psychology and law as a fields of study with different philosophies. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of students’ background and field of study on their attitudes toward prisoners. The participants filled in a questionnaire regarding their perception of inmates. The results suggest that psychology students have more tolerant attitudes towards prisoners than geography and law students. We found no differences between freshmen and seniors. We discussed the results in terms of a possible self-selection effect when choosing one’s field of study but also in terms of different philosophies that are specific to psychology and law.
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The prediction of separation-individuation through self-esteem in Turkish adolescents
Aslan, S. Pages 44-60Author(s): Sevda Aslan
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 44-60
No. of Pages: 17
Keywords: separation-individuation; self-esteem; adolescent; prediction
Summary/Abstract: This study determines the relationship between separation-individuation and self-esteem in terms of how Turkish late adolescents evaluate themselves with the help of the prediction of self-esteem. The study group consisted of students studying 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades in Anıttepe High School, Ayrancı High School, and Cumhuriyet High School. High-school form of the Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used as research instruments. The data gathered were analyzed with a multiple regression analysis method. The findings of this study revealed that self-esteem predicts separation anxiety, engulfment anxiety, teacher enmeshment, practicing mirroring, need denial, and rejection expectancy in a meaningful way. However, self-esteem does not predict nurturance seeking, peer enmeshment, and healthy separation. Research findings from the literature were discussed with those of the previous research and recommendations are presented.
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Input enhancement and connected discourse; a case of EFL academic context
Mohammad reza Sadeghi Pages 61-71Author(s): Mohammad reza Sadeghi
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 61-71
No. of Pages: 11
Keywords: input enhancement; connected discourse; EFL academic context
Summary/Abstract: This study was an attempt to explore the effect of input enhancement (through interaction and explanation) on EFL university language learners’ connected discourse. Participants consisted of 54 EFL junior university language learners randomly divided into two experimental and one control group. Two input enhancement instructions, namely, input enhancement through interaction and input enhancement through explanation were administered. Then, two versions of tests (perception and production), regarding the phonology processes, were run. Each version consisted of one pretest and two posttests. Analysis of ANOVA showed that input enhancement had a significant effect on EFL academic language learners’ connected discourse. Furthermore, between-test comparisons revealed that input enhancement group through Interaction and significantly outperformed the input enhancement group through Explanation.
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Expression of talent in the technical domain
Ona, A. Pages 72-81Author(s): Anghel Ona
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 72-81
No. of Pages: 10
Keywords: technical talent; giftedness; defining; psycho-behavioral profile
Summary/Abstract: The technological evolution requires a permanent change from the innovative perspective. Innovation is the result of the creativity of the endowed and extremely hard working persons. There are the inventor engineers who have actually turned their potential into technical talent. Despite of their special role in the economic and technological progress, the study of the technical talent - as a special form of giftedness - is just at its beginnings. Any supporting program for the gifted and talented people can start only if the issues related to conceptualization and identification were clarified. This paper proposes, after a review of the theoretical roots of the concepts of giftedness and talent, to provide a definition of the technical talent, accompanied by an empirical study designed to explore the vision of the academics and students in what concerns the psycho-behavioral profile of the students with technical talent. The research techniques that have been used for the empirical study are adapted from the social representations field and lead to the identification of the psycho-behavioral prototypes of the technical talent. The results have demonstrated a quite similar profile to the one created by a team of American researchers, Renzulli and Siegle, in 2005. Thus, among our identified factors that describe the technical talent, we can summarize: expertise in using technology, interest and initiative in the use of technology and creative integration of technology.
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The historic and theoretic evolution of the curricula from Romania
Prodan, G. C., & Rudolf, C. Pages 82-96Author(s): Cristian Rudolf, Gianina Cătălina Prodan
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 82-96
No. of Pages: 15
Keywords: educational curriculum; theory of the curriculum; paradigm; interview with experts; hermeneutic analysis
Summary/Abstract: The field of the curriculum theory in Romania it’s characterized by methodological and theoretic pluralism, highlighted by a symphony of voices; each one trying to proclaim its own theoretic superiority and practical usefulness. The Romanian pedagogues have adopted the word ”curriculum”, they conceptualized it, gave it ample, intermediate and restricted semantic coordinates, stating different points of view about „the curriculum theory”. Therefore, our approach of theoretically founding the educational curriculum builds its hypothesis on such a „paradigmatic” mismatch, out of the terminological of conceptual oscillations, trying to unite in a whole image the essential characteristics of the curricular field in Romania. This paper examines the evolution of curriculum theory, epistemological perspective through a hermeneutic approach that allows the possibility of open dialogue and of the intellectual options. To this end, we opted for a method that provides flexibility, subjectivity and objectivity context: interview with experts. Using this method gave us a personal and contextual reality, imbued with the actual experiences of options and views of experts in education. The topics proposed for discussion offered a picture of reality in Romania curriculum field: approaches, concepts, theories curricular status of educational research and curricular relevance to practices and policies, the existence of the scientific and practical curriculum and its manifestations; area existent problems, membership of a curriculum paradigm. The purpose of this research is to identify the dominant curricular concepts promoted by education experts from Romania, by highlighting specific ideas and visions of real interest for education. Also hermeneutical analysis of curricular concepts in the field of curriculum devoted teachers in Romania can be a criterion for assessing the paradigmatic status of the EU in this area.
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Social-cognitive predictors of Interpersonal Sensitivity
Marian, M. Pages 97-106Author(s): Mihai Marian
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: 2/XXI/2013
Page Range: 97-106
No. of Pages: 10
Keywords: interpersonal sensitivity; social support; attributions; self-esteem; trust
Summary/Abstract: This research describes the effects of attributional style on sensitivity from the point of view of the stress-diathesis model, the basic model of the learned helplessness theory. We were especially interested to show the effects of social support, trust, life experiences and negative attributional style on sensitivity. For this purpose we used a sample of 215 subjects, age varying from 18 to 61. Our hypothesis is that negative attributional style, lack of trust and poor social support have direct impact on sensitivity. The variables of this research can form a predictive model of the mentioned disorders, with direct implications in clinical practice and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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