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Relationship between the Superiority of Sensation and Perception and the Stress Coping Style of the Cognition System
Get PDFAssuming that people have three predominant perception and sensation systems, visual, auditory and kinestic, the research examined the relationship between stress coping style and the superiority of the three respective perception and sensation systems. The research conducted a survey of 59 women college students, postgraduate students and adults varying in age from 18 to 51.
First of all, it was confirmed that the women could be classified into three groups, namely “visual predominant group”, “auditory predominant group” and “kinestic predominant group.” As for the method of measuring and classifying the superiority, it was found that previous research using both
the “eye movement method” and the “questionnaire method” were inappropriate. Therefore, based on cognition linguistics, this research attempted to classify the superiority of perception and sensation by means of “predicative words,” which form a sensory language. As a result, the women could be successfully classified into the three superiority groups, “visual predominant,” “auditory predominant,” and “kinestic predominant” based on the predicative words.
Then, the research used “Tri-axial Coping Scale” (Kamimura, 1995) to statistically examine the relationship between each superiority group and the stress coping actions. As per the examination, it was found that “kinestic predominant group” shows a high “activeness” for problem solving.
The classification of the superiority groups of perception and sensation using predicative words has potential as an assessment method in clinical situations where other tools and devices cannot be used. This research therefore provides a new perspective that can be utilized for clinical activities in future.departmental bulletin pape
Wounds of the Body and Heart:Stories of life and death in the paintings of Frida Kahlo
Get PDFFrida Kahlo was a woman painter born in Mexico in the first half of the 20th century. Many of her works were self-portraits in which she expressed her own personal suffering in her work. This suffering included the aftermath of childhood poliomyelitis, distress due to disability after a traffic accident, and her agony over her love for her husband, Diego Rivera.
In Kahlo’s life she was repeatedly deprived of attachment figures. Kahlo’s suffering can be traced to two major experiences:
[1] She was deprived of the relationship with her mother due to the birth of her sister.
[2] Her relationship with her body was seriously altered due to polio and the traffic accident.
Regarding [1], she was first left without a relationship with her mother at the time of her sister’s birth. This was because Kahlo came to be brought up by her nanny, instead of her mother who was more focused on her sister. A close relationship with one’s mother gives a child a sense of basic trust. Regarding [2], she lost the freedom to take action; therefore, she developed an introverted character. As a child, Kahlo asked for salvation from imaginary companions while she was under medical treatment. In her adult life, she turned to the canvas for salvation.
A theme appeared in her later self-portraits that had not been seen in her early work. This was a transformation of her relationship with her mother into one with the Great Mother or Mother Earth. In the end, Kahlo could not connect intimately with others in direct relations. She could, however, connect with Rivera thorough symbolic relations that represented a unity rooted in Mother Earth. It was here that Kahlo finally found peace.departmental bulletin pape
Experiencing the Afterlife : Describing Inaudible Sounds
Get PDFIn comparison to visual expressions describing the after-life, there are fewer descriptions of its sounds. At first this might seem to be because of a difficulty of expression, but the importance of certain tales of “sound” in the other world may arise from the very fact that it is so difficult to talk about that aspect.
In this paper, the expressions of sound in the iconography and tales of the after-life in Europe of the Middle Ages will first be considered. That will be followed by an explanation of the concept of the “music of spheres”existing since the Pythagoreans. This sound is said to be harmonious and perfect, but quite difficult to hear. Thus it is literally the “ideal” sound. This concept became the basis for a common expression of the sounds in the afterlife in the Middle Ages, contrasting the ideal sounds of heaven with real sounds from life on earth describing the cacophony of hell.
A further look will then be taken into the Celtic view of the other world, one that is deeply connected to the classification of tales of “journeys to the other world” during the Middle Ages. That examination leads to a consideration of the manner in which there was an intermingling of, on the one hand, the Pythagorean concept of a vertical heavenly scale (scale of spheres) and a rising musical scale with, on the other hand, the Celtic images of a horizontal movement of a journey to the end of this world. This overlaps with the aspiration for a “kingdom of God” that includes an earthly paradise.
In the modern age, there has not necessarily been a successful sharing and handing down of tales of the afterlife. Despite this, in some accounts of near-death experience, much like in the tales of the past, confirmation can be made of an eagerness to express the sounds of the other world that 26 ordinarily would be impossible to express. It is also an important fact that the power of sound holds major significance for humans in terminal care who are striving to hurdle the wall of death. It is believed that hearing is the sense that remains until the very end of a person’s life. It is also clear that familiar songs from childhood fulfill a function of providing peace of mind as well as consoling people with worries.
Both in the past and today, people ordinarily are unable to hear the sounds of heaven. Nevertheless, people have been trying to hear and describe the “inaudible sounds” of ascending to heaven in the purest, most ideal sounds that they can hear in this world. People may proceed along a journey to an afterlife ringing with unknown sounds that transcend life while being supported by nostalgic songs and the power of sound.departmental bulletin pape
A Proposal for the Teaching of English Grammar : From the Viewpoint of Language Use with a Focus on Polite Forms
Get PDFIn this age of globalization, the need for individuals in Japan who have high communicative English skills has increased. At the same time, Japanese people are also very concerned with polite usage when using English. In fact, to communicate effectively and form good human relationships, attaining knowledge of the linguistic nuances of politeness in English can be beneficial. In this article, the author has selected four grammar items and will introduce a teaching approach that centers on the mechanism of polite usage, employing theories from the fields of semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics to teach them. The author will demonstrate how this teaching approach, focusing on the principles of polite usage, serves to work as a bridge between the English content learned in typical Japanese high school classes and that which is needed for communication in the real world.departmental bulletin pape
Thai Women as Marginalized Population in Disaster Affected Areas : The Case of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011
Get PDF本稿の目的は、災害弱者としての外国籍市民の置かれた状況を、現地調査をもとに明らかにすることにある。既存の在日外国人に関する研究の文脈では、在日タイ女性を対象とした研究は少なく、数少ない既存研究もタイ女性を人身売買の被害者として扱うか、もしくは蓄積の著しい在日フィリピン女性をめぐる議論を援用して扱うことが多かった。しかし東日本大震災とそれに続いた津波被害を経験しながらも引き続き被災地で生活を送る在日タイ女性への調査結果からは、調査対象となった在日タイ女性たちはそもそも被災者となる以前から、既存研究が在日フィリピン女性について指摘してきた相互扶助ネットワークや英語を活かした生存戦略に乏しく、日本人家族と暮らしながら日本社会のなかで周縁化される傾向が強かったことが浮かび上がった。この周縁化はとくに言語や情報収集の面で顕著であったといえる。この周縁性がひとたび被災者となり仮説住居で暮らすようになった場合、情報収集・情報発信の両面において深刻化した。この結果、在日タイ女性たちは、被災者としての情報収集・発信における困難と外国籍市民としての困難との、「二重の脆弱性」に晒される状況に陥っていると言うことができるのではないだろうか。departmental bulletin pape
The Necessary Conditions for First Language Learning(Part 1)A. R. Luria's Investigation of Twins
Get PDF本論文では、母語学習に必要である環境条件の基本を紹介し、とりわけ読み書きを覚える前の児童が対象の場合に効率的な第二言語指導及び学習のための含意について論じる。これらの条件は、児童発達の分野における科学的研究証拠に基づき特定されたものである。特に興味深い事例として、脳形成異常や脳疾患のない幼児の言語発達遅延が、後に何らかの介入により改善するという事例が挙げられる。ロシアの神経心理学者であるA. R. ルリヤによる一組の双子の５歳児の研究事例がそのひとつであり、その双子の幼児は、母語発達に多大な遅れがあったものの、研究者の適切な介入により早急な回復をみせた。この事例を通して、母語学習における必須条件を考察する。departmental bulletin pape
