This study investigates the relationship between achievement goals and the type of knowledge acquired during a University lecture course in Cognitive Psychology. Students’ achievement goals (mastery-approach, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance) were measured right before each of the 3 exams administered during the course. Each exam included items that assessed factual, conceptual, ...

Four studies examined attachment-style differences in group-related cognitions and behaviors. In Studies 1-2, participants completed scales on group-related cognitions and emotions. In Studies 3-4, participants were divided into small groups, and their performance in group tasks as well as the cohesion of their group were assessed. Both attachment anxiety and avoidance in close relationships we...

This study uses analysis of co-variance in order to determine which cognitive/learning (working memory, knowledge integration, epistemic belief of learning) or social/personality factors (test anxiety, performance-avoidance goals) might account for gender differences in SAT-V, SAT-M, and overall SAT scores. The results revealed that none of the cognitive/learning factors accounted for gender di...

In this study, we tested the hypothesis, derived from the theorizing of Derryberry and Tucker (1994), that the mere enactment of approach or avoidance behavior, without concomitant pursuit of personal approach or avoidance goals, can independently moderate the scope (i.e., breadth or narrowness) of attention on both the perceptual and conceptual levels. SpeciWcally, we predicted that enactment ...

This master’s project addresses the obstacle avoidance problem in difficult scenarios in three-dimensional workspaces. The main contribution of this project is the theoretical extension of the ObstacleRestriction Method (ORM) in two dimensions to work in 3D workspaces. This master’s thesis describes a reactive obstacle avoidance technique to drive a robot in dense, cluttered and complex environ...

We describe several notions of “cryptographic transforms,” symmetric schemes designed tomeet a variety of privacy and authenticity goals. We consider goals, such as replay-avoidanceand in-order packet delivery, that have not been fully addressed in previous works in this area.We then provide an analysis of possible ways to combine standard encryption and messageauthentication sc...

The study examines the factors affecting perception and interaction behavior with advertising cosmetic products. authors used SPSS Smart PLS software to conduct statistics analyze survey results. results of data analysis show that there are 5 directly affect avoidance: Health concerns; Doubts about intermediaries; Privacy Information value; Obstructing cognitive goals. factor affects Avoidant B...