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From Ankara to Brussels: (De)Constructing Turkey in the European Union
Get PDFCritical constructivism provides for a comprehensive analysis of the process of socialization of states on their way into European Union. The analysis of the historical patterns of enmity and mistrust as they pertain to the relationship between EU and Turkey provides for an insightful account explaining its repetitive stagnation. This research concludes that the relationship between EU and Turkey is fragile due to the discoursive practice of othering, the raison d’être of which rests on historical-identitarian social constructions. Since this practice goes both ways, and is most visible in political discourse in particular instances (such as the refugee crisis), the relationship must be studied not by using a comprehensive theory of international politics. Rather, it must be studied by using a theoretical method that seeks to explain the relationship not in its totality (hence not predicting its course) but rather seeks to understand it by examining its contingencies
The Effect of Caffeinated Energy Drinks on the Inhibition of Prepotent Responses
Get PDFOne of the goals of my study was to investigate the validity of the inhibition model presented by Friedman and Miyake (2004) who proposed three inhibition categories. My study examined how tasks from the Prepotent Response Inhibition category correlate among each other and how they relate to attention, impulsivity and a task from the different inhibition category. Additionally, my study tested how caffeinated energy drinks affect inhibition and attention performance. Sixty-six individuals who were randomly assigned into decaffeinated and caffeinated conditions completed a battery of inhibition, attention, and impulsivity tasks. My study didn’t detect any significant associations among Prepotent Response Inhibition tasks. Although my study failed to find significant impact of caffeinated energy drinks on inhibition, I found a significant effect of caffeine on attention. More research is required to establish the validity of the model proposed by Friedman and Miyake and to reveal underlying components of inhibition
The Characterization of Cobalt and Nickel Thiophosphates Made by Ionothermal Synthesis
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Is the Manipulation of Categorization Alone Enough to Reduce Implicit Racial Bias?
Get PDFResearchers have posited that implicit racial bias is rooted in social categorization, and could therefore be reduced by targeting categorization processes. Two models have shown promise: Common Ingroup Identity, whereby members of different groups come to see themselves as one group, and Dual Identity, whereby members of different groups maintain their group identities, while creating a superordinate identity. Because previous researchers often did more than instruct participants to categorize differently, however, one cannot be sure that the observed effects resulted from categorization changes. This study’s purpose was to determine whether manipulating the way people categorize social stimuli is sufficient to reduce bias, and if so, to identify which model is most effective. Categorization was manipulated by randomly assigning participants to complete one of four Go/No-Go reaction time tasks. Implicit bias was measured using the Implicit Association Test. Results suggest that manipulating social categorization alone does not reduce implicit racial bias
