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Who is Really Pulling the Strings? Personality Profile and Threat Assessment of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to construct a personality profile as a basis for conducting a threat assessment of Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The study was conducted from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon, as adapted by Aubrey Immelman for at-a-distance assessment of personality in politics. Psychodiagnostically relevant data regarding Kim were collected from a multitude of open-source media reports and expert analyses. These data were then compiled, categorized, and coded using Immelman’s Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications largely congruent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The personality patterns yielded by the MIDC were analyzed in accordance with interpretive guidelines in the MIDC manual. Kim’s primary personality patterns were found to be Dominant/controlling and Outgoing/gregarious. Secondary personality patterns were found to be Ambitious/confident, Dauntless/adventurous, and Accommodating/cooperative. Based on his primary Outgoing-Dominant personality composite, Kim was classified as a high-dominance extravert. The psychological profile provides a basis for inferring the influence of Kim’s personality on DPRK regime behavior and the threat posed by North Korea with respect to U.S. national security
Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
Get PDFThe 2018 Mayo Innovation Scholars Program (MISP) team will be presenting an overview of the program
Short Term Memory and Color
Get PDFThis study tried to see if there was any difference in memory retention whether the individual was exposed to color or black ink. We looked at how students from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University (N=20) were able to memorize a list of words. Participants were given list of words in either black ink or a mix of colors. They were then asked to repeat back what they remembered from those lists. We found that the students who had the list of words averaged a higher number of words memorized (10.33) vs those students who had the words in black ink (8.11). The results show significance between the two scores (P\u3c .028). The results suggest that there is better retention of memory when participants are exposed to color than black ink
Testing the Production Effect in Memory for Words
Get PDFPrevious research on the production effect shows that reading words aloud improves people’s memory for those words compared to words read silently. The purpose of our study was to extend this research to see if reading words aloud would improve people’s memory compared to hearing someone else say the words aloud. We also wanted to see if the production effect depends on the type of words (abstract or concrete words) and the type of memory test (recall or recognition). Participants were shown 30 words, one at a time, with each word presented for 4 seconds on a PowerPoint slide. Half of the words were abstract words (such as value and reason) and the other half were concrete words (such as table and paper). One group was instructed to read each word aloud as it appeared on the screen. A second group was instructed to read each word silently as it appeared. In the third group, as each word appeared on the screen, participants heard an audio recording of the word spoken aloud by one of the researchers. After all 30 words were presented, the participants were asked to recall the words by writing down as many as they could remember. Next, they completed a recognition memory test in which they were given a sheet containing the 30 presented words mixed together with 30 words that were not presented in the PowerPoint. They were asked to circle the words that they remembered being presented earlier. We then compared participants’ memory performance to see if there were any significant differences among the groups, and whether the differences depended on the type of words or the type of memory test used
The Political Personality of President Donald Trump in Office
Get PDFPsychodiagnostically relevant data regarding U.S. president Donald Trump were collected from media reports published since his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC). The poster summarizes the results of the at-a-distance psychological assessment
Hospitality and Contemplative Presence: A Local Reflection
Get PDFNota Bene During an age of people not knowing their neighbors and of hurtful racial division throughout the United States, I find myself living in a small town. This reflection is a plea for people to look up from their smart-phones and welcome those who need hospitality. This is also a plea for all to become community-building advocates through contemplative presence
Becoming Community Episode 3
No full textOur third episode will features Kate Bohn-Gettler, Professor of Education Psychology, Madey Israelson, Professor of Literacy and Teri Rodriguez, Professor of Literacy discussing their work on “Becoming Beloved Community:” Theorizing Inclusive Preservice Teacher Education at a Catholic Liberal Arts College
Ecclessiology Today And Its Potential To Serve A Missionary Church
Get PDFThis article engages the theme of the 2017 meeting of the American Society of Missiology: “Missiology’s Dialogue Partners: Practitioners and Scholars Conversing about the Future of Mission.” It seeks to contribute to that conversation by providing a survey of the discipline of ecclesiology with an eye towards how it might learn from the field of mission and how it might inform it. This exploration begins by defining some of the goals, methods, and boundaries of the field of ecclesiology. It then considers three critical issues at the forefront of ecclesiological work today: 1) questions emanating from the ecumenical sphere; 2) shifting demographics within Christianity and corresponding calls for new ecclesial structures, and 3) the necessity of a more robust engagement between ecclesiology and the social sciences. The concluding section offers some reflections about how the current state of ecclesiology might provide glimpses of the future of ecclesiology and what light it might shine on the future of missiology
