8 results match your criteria: "MTA Research Centre for Natural Sciences[Affiliation]"
Fear expressions of dogs during New Year fireworks: a video analysis.
Sci Rep
September 2020
Companion Animal Behaviour Group, Division of Animal Welfare, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
A high proportion of pet dogs show fear-related behavioural problems, with noise fears being most prevalent. Nonetheless, few studies have objectively evaluated fear expression in this species. Using owner-provided video recordings, we coded behavioural expressions of pet dogs during a real-life firework situation at New Year's Eve and compared them to behaviour of the same dogs on a different evening without fireworks (control condition), using Wilcoxon signed ranks tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of the Problematic Series WatchingScale (PSWS).
J Behav Addict
March 2016
Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Background and aims The goal of the present study was to create a short ProblematicSeries Watching Scale (PSWS). Methods On the basis of the six components model of Griffiths ( 2005 ), six items were identifiedcovering all components of problematic series watching. Confirmatoryfactor analyses were carried out on two independent samples (N = 366, N = 752).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA comprehensive and hierarchical optimization of a joint hydrogen and syngas combustion mechanism has been carried out. The Kéromnès et al. (, 2013, 160, 995-1011) mechanism for syngas combustion was updated with our recently optimized hydrogen combustion mechanism (Varga et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial Representations of Hero and Everyday Hero: A Network Study from Representative Samples.
PLoS One
July 2017
Stanford University, Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA, United States of America.
Article Synopsis
- The psychological study of heroism is a recent field of research, focusing on how society perceives heroes and everyday heroes through word associations in Hungary.
- The analysis revealed that the concept of 'Hero' is more centralized, while 'Everyday Hero' is more diverse, encompassing various social roles and emphasizing pro-social values.
- Promoting the idea of everyday heroism may be more effective in inspiring ordinary individuals to see and act on their potential for heroic behavior.
Too many swipes for today: The development of the Problematic Tinder Use Scale (PTUS).
J Behav Addict
September 2016
1 Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Background and aims Tinder is a very popular smartphone-based geolocated dating application. The goal of the present study was creating a short Problematic Tinder Use Scale (PTUS). Methods Griffiths' ( 2005 ) six-component model was implemented for covering all components of problematic Tinder use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTeacher enthusiasm: a potential cure of academic cheating.
Front Psychol
April 2015
Institute of Applied Education and Psychology, College of Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
In this research we claim that teachers' enthusiasm matters regarding student engagement in terms of academic cheating. Previous studies found that perceived enthusiasm of teachers is positively related to the intrinsic motivation of the students. However, it was less investigated how perceived enthusiasm is related to cheating.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAre competition and extrinsic motivation reliable predictors of academic cheating?
Front Psychol
March 2013
Institute of Psychology, University of Szeged Szeged, Hungary ; Department of Psychology, University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne Rheims, France ; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, MTA Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Hungary.
Previous studies suggest that extrinsic motivation and competition are reliable predictors of academic cheating. The aim of the present questionnaire study was to separate the effects of motivation- and competition-related variables on academic cheating by Hungarian high school students (N = 620, M = 264, F = 356). Structural equation modeling showed that intrinsic motivation has a negative effect, and amotivation has a positive indirect effect on self-reported academic cheating.
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