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2010
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(2010): Participation or non-participation? Social education assurance of a seemingly clear concept between democracy, social integration and education. In: Neue Praxis 40 (2), S. 115-136
Abstract: Ausgehend von den grundlegenden (Be)Deutungen von Partizipation und der Skizzierung von Diskurslinien stellt der Autor zunächst ausgewählte internationale Forschungsbefunde zur Partizipation Jugendlicher vor, die der Unterscheidung zwischen einem engen und einem weiten Partizipationsbegriff folgen. Anhand zweier empirischer Beispiele wird eine heuristische handlungstheoretische Perspektive begründet, mittels derer das Partizipationsverhalten Aufschluss über einen Bedeutungswandel von Partizipation gibt. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden Grundannahmen, die der sozialpädagogischen Aufgabe, Jugendliche zu Partizipation zu befähigen zugrunde liegen, infrage gestellt und im Hinblick auf die Konsequenzen bewertet.
Keywords: Pädagogische Psychologie, Soziale Teilhabe -
(2010): The Asian communication debate. Culture-specificity, culture-generality, and beyond. In: Asian Journal of Communication 20 (2), S. 152-165. DOI: 10.1080/01292981003693344
Abstract: Critical discussion of Asian communication theory began in the 1980s, fermented in the 1990s, and in recent years was enriched by the criticism of Eurocentrism. Significant progress has been made in the pursuit of theory construction, especially in areas that closely deal with culture and communication issues, e.g., intercultural communication, postcolonial or cultural studies. While greater attention was paid to the cultural contexts of communication research in Asia, a number of crucial issues seem to have remained unsettled, among them the need and possibility of de-Westernization, and the pros and cons of culture-specific and culture-general approaches. In this article we make an attempt to tease through layers of arguments and sift proposals and possibilities, with the hope that a more viable future direction could emerge to reconcile the tension between culture-specificity and culture-generality. Our discussion focuses on the concept of cultural commensurability, which stresses similarity and equivalence, and not commonality and uniformity. Taking note of the inherent openness of culture, language and meaning, it is argued that the concept of cultural commensurability will open the indigenization issue to a broader horizon for future discourse.
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(2010): Virtual Communities. In: Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 14 (3), S. 237-251. DOI: 10.5840/techne201014324
Abstract: The Internet, as it exists today, is an outgrowth of the late 1960’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. During the 1980’s, the National Science Foundation established a high-speed, high-capacity network called NSFnet connecting many universities and government agencies. Finally, with the creation of the World Wide Web and the development and diffusion of inexpensive, reliable and easy to use public Internet access, electronic information technologies connect an increasingly large portion of the population. As a result, the communities with which we are all familiar, communities based on geographic proximity, have changed. These sorts of changes raise many interesting but difficult questions. This paper focuses on two of those questions. First, what does the increasing use of and reliance on electronically mediated communications portend for our understanding of human communities, and second, what sorts of socio-political concepts and relationships best characterize the new “virtual community”?
Keywords: Art des Kommunikationsmediums, community, Disziplin, elektronische Kommunikation, Gemeinschaft, Informations- & Kommunikationstechnik, Interaktion, Kommunikation, Kooperation, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Philosophie, Realtechnik, Situationsbedingter Kontext, Soziale Angemessenheit, Technik, Technikphilosophie, Virtual Life, Zeitschrift: techne -
(2010): Replacement of Highly Educated Surgical Assistants by Robot Technology in Working Life: Paradigm Shift in the Service Sector. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 2 (4), S. 431-438. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-010-0062-y
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-010-0062-y Abstract: This article highlights the thus far unexplained social and professional effects raised by robotization in surgical applications, and further develops an understanding of social acceptance among professional users of robots in the healthcare sector. It presents findings from ethnographic workplace research on human-robot interactions (HRI) in a population of twenty-three professionals. When considering all the findings, the latest da Vinci system equipped with four robotic arms substitutes two table-side surgical assistants, in contrast to the single-arm AESOP robot that only substitutes one surgical assistant. The adoption of robots and the replacement of surgical assistants provide clear evidence that robots are well-accepted among operating surgeons. Because HRI decrease the operating surgeon’s dependence on social assistance and since they replace the work tasks of surgical assistants, the robot is considered a surrogate artificial work partner and worker. This finding is consistent with prior HRI research indicating that users, through their cooperation with robots, often become less reliant on supportive social actions. This research relates to societal issues and provides the first indication that highly educated knowledge workers are beginning to be replaced by robot technology in working life and therefore points towards a paradigm shift in the service sector. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2010): When helping helps. Autonomous motivation for prosocial behavior and its influence on well-being for the helper and recipient. In: Journal of personality and social psychology 98 (2), S. 222-244. DOI: 10.1037/a0016984
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20085397 Abstract: Self-determination theory posits that the degree to which a prosocial act is volitional or autonomous predicts its effect on well-being and that psychological need satisfaction mediates this relation. Four studies tested the impact of autonomous and controlled motivation for helping others on well-being and explored effects on other outcomes of helping for both helpers and recipients. Study 1 used a diary method to assess daily relations between prosocial behaviors and helper well-being and tested mediating effects of basic psychological need satisfaction. Study 2 examined the effect of choice on motivation and consequences of autonomous versus controlled helping using an experimental design. Study 3 examined the consequences of autonomous versus controlled helping for both helpers and recipients in a dyadic task. Finally, Study 4 manipulated motivation to predict helper and recipient outcomes. Findings support the idea that autonomous motivation for helping yields benefits for both helper and recipient through greater need satisfaction. Limitations and implications are discussed.
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(2010): An Approach to the Design of Socially Acceptable Robots for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 2 (4), S. 391-403. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-010-0063-x
Abstract: Investigation into technology-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has gained momentum in recent years. Research suggests that robots could be a viable means to impart skills to this population since children with ASD tend to be fascinated by robots. However, if robots are to be used to impart social skills, a primary deficit for this population, considerable attention needs to be paid to aspects of social acceptability of such robots. Currently there are no design guidelines as to how to develop socially acceptable robots to be used for intervention for children with ASD. As a first step, this work investigates social design of virtual robots for children with ASD. In this paper we describe the design of a virtual environment system for social interaction (VESSI). The design is evaluated through an innovative experiment plan that combines subjective ratings from a clinical observer with physiological responses indicative of affective states from the participants, both collected when participants engage in social tasks with the social robots in a virtual reality environment. Two social parameters of importance for this population, namely eye gaze and social distance, are systematically varied to analyze the response of the participants. The results are presented to illustrate how experiments with virtual social robots can contribute towards the development of future social robots for children with ASD.
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(2010): Technicity of the Body as Part of the Socio-technical System. The Contributions of Mauss and Bourdieu. In: Theoria 76 (2), S. 167-187. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2010.01067.x
Abstract: The aim of this article is to contribute to a philosophy of technics by proposing an answer to the following question: what is the nature of the human body as an element of technical systems? The argument focuses on an examination of the phenomenon of bodily technics. This examination is guided by the conviction that Pierre Bourdieu's social theory can be read as contributing significantly to an answer to the above question. However, since Bourdieu's project is not directly aimed at enhancing our understanding of the technicity of the human body, a reading of Marcel Mauss's seminal essay on bodily technics is also discussed to set the stage for an examination of the technicity of the body and to justify the manner in which Bourdieu's theory is read here. Through a careful study of the key notions of habitus, field, practice, time and rule, Bourdieu's social theory is systematically presented and explored for its contribution to an understanding of the question raised in this article. In conclusion, a number of remarks are made on how the relation between Mauss and Bourdieu is to be understood and on the argumentative strength of Bourdieu's work.
Keywords: Bourdieu, Bourdieu and theory of practice, deutsche Community, Disziplin, doppelter Treffer, Ernst Wolff, Favoriten, Im (wissenschaftlichen) Diskurs, Intellektualtechnik, Körper, Körpertechnik, Marcel Mauss, Mauss, Mensch und Maschine, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Ontologische Differenzierungen: Tier, Mensch, Maschine, Philosophie, Praxis, Reflexionen über MTR, Soziale Angemessenheit, soziotechnische Systeme, Technik, Technikphilosophen aktuell, Technikphilosophie, Techno-Anthropologie -
(2010): Mystic Excess. Extravagance and Indecorum in Richard Crashaw. In: CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY 39 (4), S. 350-369
Abstract: This essay, a re-evaluation and partial justification of the traditionally controversial eccentricities of Richard Crashaw's poetry, examines the function of ‘excess’ in his work. ‘Excess’ is taken to mean both stylistic extravagance and transgression of the normal boundaries of decorum. The first section characterises Crashaw's stylistic extravagance, partly in terms of ‘revisional flux’, and explores Pseudo-Dionysian semiotics and the notion of ‘incongruity’. The second section introduces George Bataille's theory to explain the extravagance in erotic and mystical terms. The third section moves on to ‘indecorum’ of several kinds, including the use of financial and appetitive, or sensual, imagery. The final section offers observations about Crashaw's tonal ambiguity, use of irony, and combination of wit with seriousness.
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(2010): Familie, Ritualisierungen und Wohlbefinden von Eltern und Kindern. In: Familiendynamik 35 (3), S. 250-259
Abstract: Zusammenhänge zwischen familiären Ritualisierungen und dem Wohlbefinden von Kindern und ihren Eltern wurden in 393 Familien der Deutschschweiz untersucht. In diesen Familien wurden je Vater, Mutter und ein etwa zwölfjhriges Kind zu Familienritualen befragt, und zwar zu verschiedenen Situationen, in denen Ritualisierungen beobachtet werden knnen (z. B. Geburtstag, Weihnachten, Abendessen). Dabei wurden Merkmale von Familienritualen erfasst, darunter Regelmäßigkeit, symbolische Bedeutung, gefühlsmäßige Beteiligung. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ritualisierungen in Familien ein bedeutungsvoller Faktor des Zusammenlebens sind. Kinder und Eltern nehmen Rituale in ihren Familien weitgehend ähnlich wahr. Rituale sind eigenständige, gegenber Kontexteinflssen weitgehend stabile Faktoren des Familienlebens. Sie stehen in einem positiven Zusammenhang mit der Lebens- und Partnerschaftszufriedenheit der Eltern und dem gesundheitsbezogenen Wohlbefinden der Kinder. Noch wichtiger für das Befinden der Familienangehrigen ist allerdings die Qualität der Beziehungen, insbesondere der wechselseitigen Identifikationen in der Familie.
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(2010) : The four-level valuation model of ethical decision-making: 2010 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information and Financial Engineering: Chongqing, China: IEEE, S. 806-809
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIFE.2010.5609478 Abstract: With the evolution of social ethic and decision valuation, ethical decisions are more and more paid attention to by enterprises’ managers. On the basis of previous researches, the article puts forward a Valuation model of ethical decision making. The model involves four ethical levels: conduct level, fair level, integrity level and avoidable harm level. At the same time, the article elaborates the contents of each level and the relationship between different levels at length, which provides an analytical framework of ethical decision making for enterprises’ managers, and contributes to enhancing the ethical level of decisions.
Keywords: Analytical models, avoidable harm level, conduct level, Cost accounting, Decision Making, decision valuation, Electronic mail, Enterprise ethic, ethical aspects, ethical decision-making, Ethics, fair level, four-level valuation model, ieee xplore, integrity level, Law, Moral & Ethik, social ethic, Valuation model 2009
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2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (2009). 2009 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). New York, NY, US: Association for Computing Machinery
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2009 5th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (2009). 2009 5th International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: IEEE
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2009 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation - (CIRA) (2009). Daejeon, Korea: IEEE
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2009 IITA International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering (case 2009) (2009). 2009 IITA International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering (case 2009). Washington, DC, US: IEEE
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2009 International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (2009). 2009 International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control. Okayama, Japan: IEEE
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Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE (2009). 2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). San Antonio, TX, USA, 10/18/2009 - 10/21/2009. San Antonio, Texas: IEEE
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Aalborg Universitet (2009): 1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology, 2009. Wireless VITAE 2009 ; 17 - 20 May 2009, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE). Aalborg, Denmark, 5/17/2009 - 5/20/2009. Aalborg Universitet; International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology; Wireless VITAE; International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE
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(2009): The social brain: neural basis of social knowledge. In: Annual review of psychology 60, S. 693-716. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163514
DOI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588649 Abstract: Social cognition in humans is distinguished by psychological processes that allow us to make inferences about what is going on inside other people-their intentions, feelings, and thoughts. Some of these processes likely account for aspects of human social behavior that are unique, such as our culture and civilization. Most schemes divide social information processing into those processes that are relatively automatic and driven by the stimuli, versus those that are more deliberative and controlled, and sensitive to context and strategy. These distinctions are reflected in the neural structures that underlie social cognition, where there is a recent wealth of data primarily from functional neuroimaging. Here I provide a broad survey of the key abilities, processes, and ways in which to relate these to data from cognitive neuroscience.
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(2009): The Social Brain: Neural Basis of Social Knowledge. In: Annual review of psychology 60, S. 693-716. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163514
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18771388 Abstract: Social cognition in humans is distinguished by psychological processes that allow us to make inferences about what is going on inside other people—their intentions, feelings, and thoughts. Some of these processes likely account for aspects of human social behavior that are unique, such as our culture and civilization. Most schemes divide social information processing into those processes that are relatively automatic and driven by the stimuli, versus those that are more deliberative and controlled, and sensitive to context and strategy. These distinctions are reflected in the neural structures that underlie social cognition, where there is a recent wealth of data primarily from functional neuroimaging. Here I provide a broad survey of the key abilities, processes, and ways in which to relate these to data from cognitive neuroscience.
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(2009): Some things are better left unsaid II. Topic avoidance in friendships. In: Communication Quarterly 46 (3), S. 231-249. DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370099Keywords: Philosophical Psychology
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Akin-Little, Angeleque; Little, Steven G.; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Akin-Little, Angeleque (Ed); Little, Steven G. (Ed); Bray, Melissa A. (Ed); Kehle, Thomas J. (Ed) (Hg.) (2009): Behavioral interventions in schools: Evidence-based positive strategies. Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (School Psychology)
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(2009): The Design of an Expressive Humanlike Socially Assistive Robot. In: Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 1 (1). DOI: 10.1115/1.2959097
Abstract: It is anticipated that the use of assistive robots will be one of the most important service applications of robotic systems of the future. In this paper, the development of a unique noncontact socially assistive robot consisting of a humanlike demeanor is presented for utilization in hospital wards and nursing/veteran homes to study its role and impact on the well-being of patients, addressing patient's needs and its overall effect on the quality of patient care. The robot will be an embodied entity that will participate in hands-off noncontact social interaction with a patient during the convalescence, rehabilitation, or end-of-life care stage. The robot has been designed as a platform to incorporate the three design parameters of embodiment, emotion, and nonverbal communication to encourage natural human-robot interactions. Herein, we present the overall mechanical design of the socially assistive robot focusing mainly on the development of the actuation system of the face, head, and upper body. In particular, we propose the development of a unique muscle actuation mechanism for the robotic face to allow for the display of rich facial expressions during social assistive interaction scenarios. The novelty of the actuation system is in its use of the dependency of facial muscle activity to minimize the number of individual actuators required to control the robotic face.
Keywords: Design, Disziplin, Embodiment, emotion, Gesicht und assoziierte Zuschreibungen, Gesichtsausdruck, Gestik/Mimik, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Interaktionspartner, Mensch oder Maschine, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Nonverbal communication, Nonverbale Kommunikation, Realtechnik, Serviceroboter, Simulation von Emotionen im Gesichtsausdruck, Soziale Robotik, Technik, Übermitteln von Gefühlen/Emotionen -
(2009): Anerkennung. Berlin: Akad.-Verl. (Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie Sonderband). Online verfügbar unter http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/book/10.1524/9783050061566
DOI: http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/book/10.1524/9783050061566 Abstract: Main description: Theorien der "Anerkennung" zeichnen sich durch eine außergewöhnliche Leistungsstärke aus. In den letzten Jahren haben sie die Forschung auf den Gebieten der Moralphilosophie, der Politischen Philosophie und der Sozialphilosophie, aber auch auf denen der Psychologie und der Sozialwissenschaften sowohl thematisch als auch methodisch sehr stark bereichert. Viele dieser Theorien versuchen zudem, Überlegungen, die von klassischen Autoren wie Fichte oder Hegel entwickelt wurden, für die aktuelle Diskussion systematisch fruchtbar zu machen. Dieser Konstellation trägt der vorliegende Band Rechnung. Durch eine Verzahnung von systematischen und philosophiegeschichtlichen Überlegungen leistet er einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Lösung und Weiterentwicklung aktueller anerkennungstheoretischer Probleme und Fragestellungen sowie zu einer Neuinterpretation klassischer philosophischer Texte. Aufgrund seines thematischen Zuschnitts ist das Buch nicht nur für Philosophen, sondern auch für Sozialwissenschaftler von großem Interesse. Mit Beiträgen von: J. Bernstein, D. Brudney, J.-Ph. Déranty, N. Fraser, A. Honneth, H. Ikäheimo, A. Laitinen, F. Neuhouser, T. Pinkard, M. Quante, E. Renault, H.-C. Schmidt am Busch, L. Siep, A. Wildt und Ch. F. Zurn
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(2009): All Smiles are Not Created Equal. Morphology and Timing of Smiles Perceived as Amused, Polite, and Embarrassed/Nervous. In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 33 (1), S. 17-34. DOI: 10.1007/s10919-008-0059-5
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19554208 Abstract: We investigated the correspondence between perceived meanings of smiles and their morphological and dynamic characteristics. Morphological characteristics included co-activation of Orbicularis oculi (AU 6), smile controls, mouth opening, amplitude, and asymmetry of amplitude. Dynamic characteristics included duration, onset and offset velocity, asymmetry of velocity, and head movements. Smile characteristics were measured using the Facial Action Coding System (Ekman, Friesen, & Hager, 2002) and Automated Facial Image Analysis (Cohn & Kanade, 2007). Observers judged 122 smiles as amused, embarrassed, nervous, polite, or other. Fifty-three smiles met criteria for classification as perceived amused, embarrassed/nervous, or polite. In comparison with perceived polite, perceived amused more often included AU 6, open mouth, smile controls, larger amplitude, larger maximum onset and offset velocity, and longer duration. In comparison with perceived embarrassed/nervous, perceived amused more often included AU 6, lower maximum offset velocity, and smaller forward head pitch. In comparison with perceived polite, perceived embarrassed more often included mouth opening and smile controls, larger amplitude, and greater forward head pitch. Occurrence of the AU 6 in perceived embarrassed/nervous and polite smiles questions the assumption that AU 6 with a smile is sufficient to communicate felt enjoyment. By comparing three perceptually distinct types of smiles, we found that perceived smile meanings were related to specific variation in smile morphological and dynamic characteristics.
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(2009): Why do dominant personalities attain influence in face-to-face groups? The competence-signaling effects of trait dominance. In: Journal of personality and social psychology 96 (2), S. 491-503. DOI: 10.1037/a0014201
DOI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159145 Abstract: Individuals high in the personality trait dominance consistently attain high levels of influence in groups. Why they do is unclear, however, because most group theories assert that people cannot attain influence simply by behaving assertively and forcefully; rather, they need to possess superior task abilities and leadership skills. In the present research, the authors proposed that individuals high in trait dominance attain influence because they behave in ways that make them appear competent--even when they actually lack competence. Two studies examined task groups using a social relations analysis of peer perceptions (D. A. Kenny & L. LaVoie, 1984). The authors found that individuals higher in trait dominance were rated as more competent by fellow group members, outside peer observers, and research staff members, even after controlling for individuals' actual abilities. Furthermore, frequency counts of discrete behaviors showed that dominance predicts the enactment of competence-signaling behaviors, which in turn predicts peer ratings of competence. These findings extend researchers' understanding of trait dominance, hierarchies in groups, and perceptions of competence and abilities.
Keywords: Female, Humans, Male, Personality, Social Behavior, Social Dominance, Social Environment, Social Perception, Young Adult