Human Characteristics Research Articles

The Prodigious Indian Vedic Concepts of Psyche or Mind; a New-fashioned Directive of Mental Health Science to Deal with Labyrinthine Clinical Cases by Amalgamating Indian Psychological Concepts and Principles

Purpose: The bulk of psychology practice in India as well as in other parts of the world is influenced by western ideas of psychological health and illness. The importance of theology, civilization, and eastern philosophy, together with healthcare, has been largely disregarded by these prominent psychological ideas throughout the last few years or more. They were also developed predominantly for those having an internal control center. To understand what Indian beliefs could give to psychology, one must understand the old Indian frameworks, or put it differently, the grand Hinduism and its huge repository of intellectual information. In this paper, we mainly examine how Hinduism, Indian traditions, and conventional Indian healthcare methods are applied to research the psyche and psychological well-being. Objective: This article's main goal is to provide details on psychology as a field from an Indian perspective. These are some of the topics discussed in this study, along with what the aspects of the mind are and what the Indian classics have to say about psychology from a scientific perspective. Design/Methodology/Approach: Secondary information that was obtained from a variety of reliable and trustworthy publications and websites was used to write this work. To increase the accuracy and authenticity of this document, the data was carefully and scientifically examined by making references to a number of different publications and subtopics. The data was acquired from a variety of trustworthy and respectable sources, including Academia and Google Scholar. Cross-referencing all the data from websites like Academia, Google Scholar, and others revealed that there wasn't a lot of material from different points of view that were included. Findings/Result: Here, a chance has been taken to succinctly synthesize the core principles of the many schools of Indian thought as they relate to understanding human character and behavioral patterns. The aforementioned makes obvious the enormous amount of understanding and knowledge that is a natural component of Indian theories, which has much more to offer psychology students. The significant therapeutic advantages that each way of thinking autonomously provides are very promising for those who provide psychological treatment. Because of this, Indian psychologists should be adaptable to infusing Indian concepts into our therapy, despite our training in contemporary Western psychological institutions. We must objectively assess the significance of our centuries-old beliefs, especially those related to yoga, meditation, and Indian forms of psychoanalysis and psychotherapies, in order to validate them as well as prevent labeling them as relics of third-world mysticism. Originality and value: To make this work relevant and palatable to the entire society, independent of one's educational level and career, an innovative and readily accessible complete methodology, and explanation have been developed. The primary goal of this study is to educate the public about certain well-known psychological and other mental health principles found in the Indian system of medicine (Ayurveda), as well as the great Indian epics and their relevance to the present and the future. Paper Type: Clinical/health analysis paper

Social gaze training for Autism Spectrum Disorder using eye-tracking and virtual humans

Abstract Background: Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have pronounced difficulties in attending to relevant visual information during social interactions. Method: We designed and evaluated the feasibility of a novel method to train this ability, by exposing participants to virtual human characters displayed on a screen which was entirely blurred, except for a gaze-contingent viewing window that followed participants’ eyes direction. The goal was to incite participants to direct their gaze towards the facial expressions of the virtual characters. Twenty-one adolescents with ASD who attended ordinary school were randomized to either an experimental group, who was trained during a month and a half, or to a control group. Social communicative abilities were assessed during pre, post and follow-up tests. Results: After training, the experimental group showed significantly more interest in facial expressions on a test which involved understanding a dialogue. Significant differences were not found for the other tests used. Conclusions: This outcome suggests that the training method fostered participants’ awareness of the relevance of facial expressions.

Humanistic Quality Education Model for Medical Students in the Perspective of Medical Social Work

Humanistic Quality Education Model for Medical Students in the Perspective of Medical Social Work

Research on The Cultivation of Outstanding Talents in Key Disciplines of Business Administration

According to the school's goal of cultivating applied talents, the discipline of business administration is a school-level key discipline construction project of Cunjin College, Guangdong Ocean University. Talent training programs need to focus on cultivating outstanding applied talents with a broad disciplinary foundation, strong disciplinary professional skills, good humanistic quality, and innovative ability. The construction goals of the excellent talent training project are clear, the measures are appropriate, and the construction of teachers and talents is fruitful.

A Demonstration of Possibilistic Hierarchical Task Networks for Believable Agent Behavior

Believably human non-player characters (NPCs) are inherent to immersive gameplay yet developing them remains a common challenge. When the success of many modern games relies on using bots in online services to replace real players, it’s vital for the bots to seem like they make decisions like real people. This paper explains the inspirations for, ideas behind, and base functionality of a demo made to build a foundation for future work that aims to establish a framework for developing believably human NPCs. This demo simply aims to show that possibility theory can work with hierarchical task networks (HTNs) by using custom utility functions. This reliance on utility functions also means that this work provides developers who use behavior selection systems that can use utility functions to decide between branches, a clear example of how to adopt possibilistic logic in their own work. Most importantly, since this logic is simplistic, it can be easily adopted by both hobbyists and experts.

White prevalence and White preference in children’s books in China

The study of the ethnicity of authors, illustrators, and characters in children’s literature is important for understanding the ethnic normativity messages that children receive through books. However, ethnic representation in children’s books has rarely been studied in Asian countries. The present study examined the ethnic representation of authors, illustrators, and characters of books for young children that (1) won awards, or (2) were in the annual sales ranks in one of the most popular online book stores in China from 2011 to 2018. In total, 75 books and 1858 human characters were coded. Results suggest a dominant representation of East Asian authors, East Asian illustrators, and White characters. Male characters were overrepresented (especially East Asian males). East Asian characters (especially females) were more prominent according to some indicators, whereas White characters (especially males) were more prominent according to the other indicators. Gender differences in physical features in East Asian characters were found in terms of eye shapes and straight hair. Light skin color was overrepresented in East Asian characters (especially females). The results indicate overrepresentation of White authors, illustrators, and characters as compared to population statistics, as well as the preference for White skin color in East Asian characters in illustrations. The results suggest a form of current postcolonial globalization influencing Chinese children’s literature, and can help to explain potential early origins of preference for people and culture mostly identified as White (or Western) in China.

Some Would Call This Living

Some Would Call This Living

A human sui generis: Philo’s Life of Moses

Philo focused on human characters in his writings as a means of illustrating the cultivation of virtue. The greatest figure for Philo was Moses. In his De vita Moysis , he signalled the structure with prefaces, summaries and transitional statements to highlight the unique character of Moses. A careful reading of these statements suggests that there was a gap of time between the composition of Mos. 1 and 2. Philo appears to have changed his plan as he neared the completion of book 1 and eventually decided to present Moses under multiple titles, a plan that he did not work out until he began book 2. His final decision to present him as a king, legislator, high priest and prophet is unparalleled in Jewish sources and makes Moses a human sui generis .

Deep Learning of Subject Context in Ideological and Political Class Based on Recursive Neural Network.

Ideological and political education is the most important way to cultivate students' humanistic qualities, which can directly determine the development of other qualities. However, at present, the direction of ideological and political innovation in higher vocational colleges is vague. In response to this problem, this study proposes a model based on HS-EEMD-RNN. First, the ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) method is used to decompose the measured values, and then the recurrent neural network (RNN) is used to train each component and the remaining items. Finally, through the mapping relationship obtained by the model, the response prediction value of each component and the remaining items can be obtained. In the RNN training process, the harmony search (HS) algorithm is introduced to optimize it, and the noise is systematically denoised. Perturbation is used to obtain the optimal solution, thereby optimizing the weight and threshold of the RNN and improving the robustness of the model. The study found that, compared with EEMD-RNN, HS-EEMD-RNN has a better effect, because HS can effectively improve the training and fitting accuracy. The fitting accuracy of the HS-EEMD-RNN model after HS optimization is 0.9918. From this conclusion, the fitting accuracy of the HS-EEMD-RNN model is significantly higher than that of the EEMD-RNN model. In addition, four factors, career development, curriculum construction, community activities, and government support, have obvious influences on ideological and political classrooms in technical colleges. The use of recurrent neural networks in the research direction of deep and innovative research on the subject context of ideological and political classrooms can significantly improve the prediction accuracy of its development direction.

Konsep Pendidikan Karakter di Paguyuban Penghayat Kepercayaan Hangudi Bawana Tata Lahir Batin Yogyakarta: Perspektif Pendidikan Islam

The Hangudi Bawana Tata Lahir Batin Association has consistently nurtured its character through several rituals and activities. However, this association often gets stigma and rejection because it is considered contrary to the character of Islam. Therefore, there is a need for research that describes the concept of Character Education in the Society in the Perspective of Islamic Education. This research is qualitative research. The subject of the research is the Chairperson, the administrator, and two people (members) in the Hangudi Bawana Tata Lahir Batin Association Yogyakarta. Data was collected by interview, observation, and documentation methods. The data analysis technique uses the Miles Huberman model, which consists of data reduction, data display, verification. The data validity technique uses triangulation of sources, methods, and time techniques. The results of the study show that there are three characters of Islamic perspective developed in the Paguyuban, namely: 1) Divine character. 2) Human Character. 3) Natural Character. In its application, all the characters developed are implemented into activities carried out by the Paguyuban. Regarding character habituation, this association has several methods used, including Qishah and Hiwar methods, uswah methods, refraction methods, promises and threats methods and ibrah and mau'idah methods.

KONSEP MANUSIA DALAM TEORI PSIKOANALISIS HUMANIS DIALEKTIK ERICH FROMM

Erich Fromm was a psychoanalyst, social theorist, and philosopher. In the course of his life fromm studied about the human personality, therefore fromm in his humanist theory showed his concern for the struggle of the human being who never gave up on obtaining freedom in relation to the human need to relate to others. This study aims to understand the meaning, urgency and nature of human needs in the dialectical humanist psychoanalysis theory of erich fromm as the capital of human self-existence in this world and read the erich fromm framework of thought which is seen as having a great influence on human personality. Using a descriptive analysis approach, the conclusion is that the concept of munusia in the perspective of his theory is viewed as a form of human consciousness. Man has a unique suprabiological nature and is built in human character. Human life is determined by the inevitable alternative between returning to animal existence or arriving at a true human existence.

Examination of The Perceptions of Students Learning Arabic Language through Drawings

The Arabic language is one of the essential and lively communication languages of today's world, making it inevitable to benefit from new methods that will develop four basic language skills in an equal and balanced way in Arabic teaching. However, it is essential to determine how effective and appropriate this teaching is in terms of feedback. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the perceptions of 5th and 6th-grade students towards Arabic through the pictures they drew. Participants in the study were determined using the criterion sampling strategy. The research data consists of pictures drawn by 168 students about the Arabic language. The content analysis technique was used to analyze the obtained data. Student drawings were examined in five categories: theme, environment, human characters, tools and motifs, and expressions and symbols that reflect emotions. As a result of the evaluations, most students associate Arabic with foreign language and religious phenomena. At the same time, in light of the data obtained, it is concluded that the students have a favorable view of Arabic.

Confronting Marginality: human and nonhuman resilience in the landscape of disaster

The March 2011 Tōhoku triple disaster reinforced an already liminal space inside Japan. The region of Tōhoku, historically considered at the margins, was once again framed as a marginal space separated from the Japanese ‘centre’. However, the physical area of the disaster acquired new figurative dimensions allowing for an artistic and cultural response to the events of March 2011 and to the national narrative of fast recovery. In the novel In the Zone (2016) by Taguchi Randy, the abandoned and marginal landscape of the exclusion zone assumes the characteristics of a space for survival and renovation. The human and nonhuman characters challenge their social and physical marginality through the continuous movement in the exclusion zone and across several physical and figurative boundaries. Furthermore, in this liminal space, bodily acts—such as laughing, dancing, or singing—become a way to build resilience and recover from previous traumas. This paper concludes that the novel In the Zone constructs the disaster as a positive trope engendering recovery from past traumas and confronting national discourses on the environment, women, and marginal communities.

The story of Ch. Aitmatov Jamila: on the problem of literary embodiment of the cultural identity of Central Asia

This study gives a general description of the "literature of the peoples of the USSR", presents the key features of the creative manner of Chingiz Aitmatov, an outstanding Kyrgyz Soviet writer, one of the few representatives of multinational Soviet literature who have earned international recognition. Special attention is paid to the key literary text of the prose writer, from which, in fact, his creative biography began — the story Jamila, published in 1958. The authors of the article focus on the structure of the central character, a young woman from a distant Kyrgyz village, who found the strength in the name of love to overcome the pressure of national tradition, which very rigidly determined the social role and fate of a woman. The portrait characteristic of Jamila is analyzed in detail; her psychological features, which are most clearly manifested in comparison with other heroes of this story; the logic of her character development, first of all, the reasons for the break with the traditional way of life. The conclusions note that Aitmatov"s story should be decoded today in the logic of the study of human character, which was formed in the Russian classics.

Use of Islamic Malay Texts in Language Learning for Character Building

The formation of student character requires relevant teaching materials. One of the efforts to provide appropriate teaching materials is to explore the content of ancient manuscripts. Through the Research and Development (R & D) method from old manuscripts to help make the high school curriculum. It is hoped that the application of learning models that are sourced from old texts will be designed to be more attractive and of high quality so that students are more interested in taking language education lessons. The final goal that is expected is that the results of language education learning can shape the character of the nation and fortify our young generation from disgraceful acts so that during their leadership, disgraceful acts are increasingly unheard. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to revitalize ancient manuscripts as language-learning materials in Sumatra. To shape human character, teaching materials from classical Malay ancient manuscripts are needed. The results showed that using the old text as a language learning material can shape the character of students.

Optimization of Multicultural Islamic Education in Building Student Character

This study aims to reveal Multicultural Islamic Education in building student character in terms of personal character, human character and national character which is systemized in a boarding school education for four years. The research used qualitative-phenomenological approach at the Al-Hikam Student Islamic Boarding School, Malang Indonesia. Data collection by using in-depth interviews, observations and documents involving all students, several ustadz councils and caregivers which is taken purposively. The results of this study indicate that after taking boarding school education, students have personal characteristics of independence, humility, honesty and love of knowledge. Human characters such as mutual cooperation, respect for the opinions of others, deliberation and love. National characters such as tolerance, equality, justice and non-violence.

Intensivists’ perceptions of what is missing in their compassionate care during interactions in the intensive care unit

BackgroundWe proposed that the behaviors that demonstrate compassionate care in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be self-assessed and improved among ICU clinicians. Literature showing views of intensivists about their own compassionate care attitudes is missing.MethodsThis was an observational, prospective, cross-sectional study. We surveyed clinicians who are members of professional societies of intensive care using the modified Schwartz Center Compassionate Care Scale® (SCCCS) about their self-reported compassionate care. A modified SCCCS instrument was disseminated via an email sent to the members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine between March and June 2021.ResultsThree hundred twenty-three clinicians completed the survey from a cohort of 1000 members who responded (32.3% response rate). The majority (54%) of respondents were male physicians of 49 (+ − 10 SD) years of age and 19 (12 + − SD) years in practice. The mean SCCCS was 88.5 (out of 100) with an average score of 8 for each question (out of 10), showing a high self-assessed physician rating of their compassionate care in the ICU. There was a positive association with age and years in practice with a higher score, especially for women ages 30–50 years (P = 0.03). Years in practice was also independently associated with greater compassion scores (p < 0.001). Lower scores were given to behaviors that reflect understanding perspectives of families and patients and showing caring and sensitivity. In contrast, the top scores were given to behaviors that included conducting family discussions and showing respect.ConclusionPhysicians in the ICU self-score high in compassionate care, especially if they are more experienced, female, and older. Self-identified areas that need improvement are the humanistic qualities requiring sensitivity, such as cognitive empathy, which involves perspective-taking, reflective listening, asking open-ended questions, and understanding the patient’s context and worldview. These can be addressed in further clinical and ICU quality improvement initiatives.

PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER BERDASARKAN APLIKASI FALSAFAH PENDIDIKAN KEBANGSAAN TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN KEPIMPINAN DALAM KALANGAN MAHASISWA

The field of education is also undergoing a transformation in a more advanced and systematic direction. To achieve the goal of quality education, the teaching and learning process must be balanced and effective. The philosophy of education is one of the approaches to create an excellent human civilization and is able to educate students to be systematic and superior. Through philosophy, a student is able to organize his way of thinking and build a civilization using creative and critical thinking. A person's way of thinking and acting can be a motivation to do something. If thinking skills do not have a specific guide, a society will develop without a clear role and function, which contributes to waste from the point of view of the use of human capital. With Philosophy, one can find the truth, analyze, think to plan a solution and build a character that will play a role as the leader of Malaysia's transformation. The use of philosophy as a tool to purify the culture of thought in life through art and methods of thinking and human concepts. This study aims to identify the effect or impact of the implementation of the National Education Philosophy on character building among students in Malaysia. Thus, this study aims to examine the extent to which the National Education Philosophy is able to have an impact on thinking skills and building superior character. In order to achieve this goal, the method used is a literature review by examining and analyzing various articles that are relevant to the context of education in Malaysia. The data were analyzed to produce a great human character development model based on the application of the National Education Philosophy. As a result of this study, it is hoped that students will be able to see the scientific disciplines as a comprehensive idea of knowledge and linked to each other so that they are able to become students with high thinking, good character and able to solve society's problems as well as build the personality and character of excellent students.

Vanden vos Reynaerde se transformasie tot Reinaard die Jakkals

The legacy of the Middle Dutch epic Vanden vos Reynaerde and the many ways in which we still see traces of Reynaert the fox and his companion, Iesegrim the wolf, in Afrikaans, are discussed in this article. The indestructible fox gets a second life under the Southern Cross, perhaps most notably in the many tales about Jackal and Wolf which are well known as part of a shared oral heritage by white and Khoi speakers of Afrikaans. Our focus is not these stories, however, but rather the following question: does the Reynaert of the epic indeed live on in Afrikaans literature? We argue that the epic itself and its literary heritage has not received as much attention as did the stories of the sly jackal and the gullible, even dim-witted, wolf. These extremely short stories do not exhibit the carefully planned structure, sharp social commentary and ruthless exposing of human weaknesses as does the epic. In our opinion, the only text in which the medieval epic itself functions as intertext, is in the brilliant adaptation by Eitemal. Eitemal created a story which is in many ways so different from the Dutch Reinaert, that it truly is a story written on African soil. In the Eitemal text, the sly fox becomes a typical Afrikaans crook—and what’s more, he is a villain who is not foreign to modern readers due to his essentially human character. In Reinaard die Jakkals the intrepid, extremely cruel but also clever fox lives on.

QuickVR: A standard library for virtual embodiment in unity

In the last few years the field of Virtual Reality (VR) has experienced significant growth through the introduction of low-cost VR devices to the mass market. However, VR has been used for many years by researchers since it has proven to be a powerful tool across a vast array of research fields and applications. The key aspect of any VR experience is that it is completely immersive, which means that the virtual world totally surrounds the participant. Some game engines such as Unity already support VR out of the box and an application can be configured for VR in a matter of minutes. However, there is still the lack of a standard and easy to use tool in order to embody participants into a virtual human character that responds synchronously to their movements with corresponding virtual body movements. In this paper we introduce QuickVR, a library based on Unity which not only offers embodiment in a virtual character, but also provides a series of high level features that are necessary in any VR application, helping to dramatically reduce the production time. Our tool is easy to use by coding novices, but also easy extensible and customizable by more experienced programmers.