American Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015

  • Heuristics of Self-Consciousness between Theory of Mind and Intentionality

    Cristina-Georgiana Voicu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015
    Pages: 50-54
    Received: 8 April 2015
    Accepted: 11 April 2015
    Published: 22 April 2015
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    Abstract: This article starts from the interpretation of subjective experience and narrative hermeneutics, suggesting a cognitive re-evaluation of egotic intentionality from the “first-person perspective” and showing together the conjunction between phenomenology and cognitivism (the egotic self). The article also addresses the phenomenal consciousness accor... Show More
  • Influence of Cognitive Abilities, Conative Characteristics and Social Status on Student School Grades in Mother Tongue

    Dragan Popovic, Evagelia Boli, Vladimir Savic, Milos Popovic, Milica Bojevic, Marina Kostic

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015
    Pages: 55-60
    Received: 8 April 2015
    Accepted: 20 April 2015
    Published: 30 April 2015
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    Abstract: The study was conducted in order to determine the influence of cognitive dimensions, conative characteristics and social status on school grades in the native language of the students of a secondary school of chemical technology. For this purpose, 224 students of a secondary school of chemical technology were included in the sample. To evaluate the... Show More
  • A Comparison of the Cognitive Profiles of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Receiving Pharmacotherapy and Those Not Receiving Pharmacotherapy in Wechsler Intelligence Scales-Forth Edition

    Abasian Maryam, Pour Shahbaz Abbas, Abasian Mahboubeh, Saffarian Zahra, Abasi Imane, Abasian Masoumeh

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015
    Pages: 61-65
    Received: 10 April 2015
    Accepted: 17 April 2015
    Published: 6 May 2015
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    Abstract: The first group of psychiatric treatments for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is stimulant drug such as methylphenidate. The aim of this study is investigating cognitive profile in ADHD children who are using medicated treatment and no medicated treatment, in WISC IV. Participants are 29 ADHD children (13 no medicated ... Show More
  • A Dynamic and Psychosocial Analysis of Soccer: Problems and Solutions

    Sonny Joseph

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015
    Pages: 66-75
    Received: 6 April 2015
    Accepted: 22 April 2015
    Published: 6 May 2015
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    Abstract: Integrating aspects of playing dynamics, psychosocial insights derived from expertise in clinical psychology, psychiatry and public health, soccer observations, years of playing and refereeing experience, and literature review, the article offers a new perspective of soccer based on a qualitative analysis of the various problems such as critical a... Show More
  • Body Integrity Identity Disorder: Development and Evaluation of an Inventory for the Assessment of the Severity

    Mona L. Fischer, Thomas Schnell, Erich Kasten

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3, May 2015
    Pages: 76-82
    Received: 26 April 2015
    Accepted: 9 May 2015
    Published: 23 May 2015
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    Abstract: Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), the wish of subjects for an amputation of otherwise healthy limbs, is a rare disturbance. Until now, BIID was seen as a symptom affecting a group of people suffering from an urging desire for amputation. But while some of the BIID-affected people only have a weak wish for an amputation others show severe sym... Show More