Ivana Pedovic

Krosmodalna interakcija je pojava da se podaci koji dolaze iz jednog senzornog modaliteta povezuju ili se nalaze pod uticajem podataka koji su dostupni nekom drugom senzornom modalitetu.Za teorijski okvir ovog istraživanja je uzet evaluativni model koji krosmodalnu interakciju objasnjava kao posledicu evaluativnih procesa. Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio ispitati konvergentnu validnost dve metode procene krosmodalne interakcije u okviru evaluativnog modela, odnosno proveriti da li postoji slaganje procena stimulusa koji su zadati u obliku teksta i u svom senzornom obliku. Uzorak je bio prigodan i cinilo ga je 96 dobrovoljaca starosti od 18-35 godina (prosecne starosti 21,20 godina). Od toga 29 (30,2%) ispitanika muskog pola i 67 ( 69,8%) ispitanika ženskog pola. Svaki od ispitanika je imao zadatak da senzorne kvalitete predstavljene u obliku teksta i senzornog stimulusa proceni na skali konotativnog diferencijala, te na skali od 1-7 oceni slicnost stimulusa.Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da postoji visoko slaganje između procena stimulusa zadatih u obliku teksta i u svom senzornom obliku na konotativnom diferencijalu kako u globalu (W= 0.898) tako i u okviru pojedinacnih ispitivanih modaliteta (W se krece od 0.843-0.971). Dobijeno je da postoji relativno visoko slaganje između procena konotativnih znacenja i slicnosti stimulusa koji su zadavani u svom senzornom obliku (W=0.761), ali kada su u pitanju stimulusi zadati u obliku napisanih reci to slaganje je bilo znatno slabije (W= 0.499). Možemo zakljuciti da je izlaganje stimulusa u tekstualnom obliku pogodno za odnosno za procenu konotativnih znacenja senzornih kvaliteta, međutim, kada su u pitanju istraživanja krosmodalne interakcije u okviru evaluativnog modela ovakav pristup nije najadekvatniji.

Trauma can be described as an injury that leaves permanent consequences, latent traces that can be activated in periods of crisis (Krstić, 2009). In the second part of the 20th century, the term trauma started being used ever more outside the medical and psychiatric context and entering the domain of social sciences (Sztompka, 2009). In the scope of this, one way the concept of trauma is used is in confronting negative and dysfunctional consequences that social change can leave in its wake. Various authors have studied social and psychological consequences of social changes on individuals and society. In this way, they opened the road to recognizing a new meaning of trauma, which they titled cultural or social trauma. It is known that the theory of emotional attachment states that in crisis or traumatic situations, members of a family group feel insecure, that risks in the environment can lead to lowered responsiveness of the parents, but it is less widely known if unresolved trauma...

Across three studies, LoBue and DeLoache (2008) provided evidence suggesting that both young children and adults exhibit enhanced visual detection of evolutionarily relevant threat stimuli (as compared with nonthreatening stimuli). A replication of their Experiment 3, conducted by Cramblet Alvarez and Pipitone (2015) as part of the Reproducibility Project: Psychology (RP:P), demonstrated trends similar to those of the original study, but the effect sizes were smaller and not statistically significant. There were, however, some methodological differences (e.g., screen size) and sampling differences (the age of recruited children) between the original study and the RP:P replication study. Additionally, LoBue and DeLoache expressed concern over the choice of stimuli used in the RP:P replication. We sought to explore the possible moderating effects of these factors by conducting two new replications—one using the protocol from the RP:P and the other using a revised protocol. We collecte...

The vast majority of research on social media use (SMU) is focused on its negative effects while often disregarding that it can also help adolescents form and maintain a network of social relations and support. This study explores the possibility of predicting SMU intensity based on peer attachment dimensions (Trust, Communication, Alienation) and FoMO on a sample of adolescents (N = 557; M age = 18.09; SD age =. 275). The results show that Trust and Communication (merged in one dimension of Peer support) are positive predictors of SMU and that this effect is partly mediated by FoMO which was also found to be a positive predictor. Alienation was not a significant predictor in the first step of regression analysis, but it became significant upon the addition of FoMO. The indirect effects analysis showed that FoMO suppresses the effect of Alienation on SMU intensitythe stronger FoMO the smaller the effect of Alienation. To sum up, when there is trust and good communication in relationships with friends, but also Fear of missing out, there will be more intensive use of SM. In addition, although being alienated from friends can restrict the use of SM, this effect is diminished if there is Fear of missing out. Taken together, these results point to the role of peer attachment and FoMO in predicting the intensity of SMU which can be viewed not as a negative phenomenon but as a way of acquiring social capital and a means of preserving and maintaining already acquired social capital.

People show a tendency to map stimulus properties from different sensory modalities onto each other. This phenomenon of crossmodal correspondences has been mostly studied using sensory presentation of stimuli but recently researchers have started using verbal presentation as well. This raised the question of appropriateness of this presentation form for studying crossmodal correspondences and comparability of results obtained using these two presentation forms. To answer this question within the framework of the evaluative similarity hypothesis which posits that crossmodal correspondences of stimuli are due to similarity of their meanings, an experiment was conducted with 96 undergraduate students using 4 tasks. In tasks 1 and 2, pairs of stimuli belonging to different modalities were presented in their sensory (Task 1) and verbal (Task 2) form and participants rated their similarity on a 7-point scale. In Tasks 3 and 4, stimuli from different modalities were presented individually in their sensory (Task 3) and verbal (Task 4) form and participants rated them on three dimensions of connotative or evaluative meaning (arousal, affective and cognitive evaluation). The results suggest the verbal method might not be suitable for studying crossmodal correspondences and that this is due to a problematic status of similarity ratings of verbalized stimuli. Concurrently, the results lend support to the evaluative similarity hypothesis as sensory presented pairs of stimuli were judged to be more similar the smaller was the Euclidean distance between them in a space defined by the three dimensions of evaluative meaning.

The basic aim of this research was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Index of Problematic Online Experiences (I-POE) on a sample of adolescents from Serbia. Construct validity, which had previously been tested by the authors of the test themselves (Mitchell, Jones, Wells, 2013), was retested here. The possibility of predicting I-POE scores based on selected personality traits and parental mediation was also evaluated. A total of 339 students from two cities in Serbia, aged 18 and 19, participated in the study. The results indicated that very similar behavior determined problematic Internet use (PIU) both in this research and that of the authors of the test. Construct validity testing indicated that the scores on the I-POE predicted online perpetration, sexual behavior and victimization, as expected. Negative valence was correlated with the I-POE scores with mediation effect of Parental involvement. The results indicate that I-POE encompasses significant characteristics ...