Adolescence is a critical period in the development of gender attitudes and behaviours, which have potentially life-long effects. The rapid changes that take place during adolescence provide opportunities for the development and implementation of policies and programmes, which can influence the gender socialization process, in order to maximize positive outcomes. This paper set out to provide a...

Profettional socialization is the process by which individuals acquire the Specialized knowledge, skills, attitudes, values,_norms, and interettS needed to perform their professional roles acceptably. The following interacting domains of potential professional self-growth can be defined as outcomes of the socialization process: Self-image, role concept, attitudes,_values, and personality. An ex...

Given the omnipresent role of gender in children's and adolescents' development, it seems necessary to better understand how gender affects the process of emotion socialization. In this introductory chapter, the authors discuss the overarching themes and key concepts discussed in this volume, as well as outline the distinct contribution of each individual chapter. Each chapter within this volum...

In this study the concept of reflexia is applied to modeling behavior of autonomous units. The relationship between reflexia, on the one hand, and mirror neuron system and perception of emotions, on the other hand, is introduced. The main method of using reflexia in a group of autonomous units is Reflexive Game Theory (RGT). To embody RGT in a group of autonomous agents a communication system i...

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In this article I argue that although the notion of identification with media characters is widely discussed in media research, it has not been carefully conceptualized or rigorously tested in empirical audience studies. This study presents a theoretical discussion of identification, including a definition of identification and a discussion of the consequences of identification with media chara...

This paper relates firm size and opportunism by showing that, given certain behavioral dispositions of humans, the size of a profit-maximizing firm can be determined by cognitive aspects underlying firminternal cultural transmission processes. We argue that what firms do better than markets – besides economizing on transaction costs – is to establish a cooperative regime among its employees tha...