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Semantic analysis suggest Dark Past and Bright Future

Drejing, Karl LU (2011) PSYK01 20102
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Based on the findings of the Ingroup Allocation Model (IAM), which suggests that people use evaluative communication to form and maintain groups and as a result increase the individuals’ inclusive fitness, we present the Dark Past & Bright Future (DPBF) hypothesis. This framework suggests that people use positive evaluative statements to induce behaviors that are consistent with the speakers’ goals. Negative evaluative statements, on the other hand, suggest correction of previous mistakes so that positive results can be obtained in the future. DPBF is compared to Construal Level Theory (CLT) which suggests that values diminish over time and favors symmetrical valence distributions. Data from text analysis suggest that DPBF’s distribution... (More)
Based on the findings of the Ingroup Allocation Model (IAM), which suggests that people use evaluative communication to form and maintain groups and as a result increase the individuals’ inclusive fitness, we present the Dark Past & Bright Future (DPBF) hypothesis. This framework suggests that people use positive evaluative statements to induce behaviors that are consistent with the speakers’ goals. Negative evaluative statements, on the other hand, suggest correction of previous mistakes so that positive results can be obtained in the future. DPBF is compared to Construal Level Theory (CLT) which suggests that values diminish over time and favors symmetrical valence distributions. Data from text analysis suggest that DPBF’s distribution is favored over CLT’s. (Less)
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author
Drejing, Karl LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK01 20102
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
LSA, CLT, evaluative communication, semantic spaces, temporal markers
language
English
id
2173798
date added to LUP
2011-10-20 14:15:37
date last changed
2011-10-20 14:17:44
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  abstract     = {{Based on the findings of the Ingroup Allocation Model (IAM), which suggests that people use evaluative communication to form and maintain groups and as a result increase the individuals’ inclusive fitness, we present the Dark Past & Bright Future (DPBF) hypothesis.  This framework suggests that people use positive evaluative statements to induce behaviors that are consistent with the speakers’ goals. Negative evaluative statements, on the other hand, suggest correction of previous mistakes so that positive results can be obtained in the future. DPBF is compared to Construal Level Theory (CLT) which suggests that values diminish over time and favors symmetrical valence distributions. Data from text analysis suggest that DPBF’s distribution is favored over CLT’s.}},
  author       = {{Drejing, Karl}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Semantic analysis suggest Dark Past and Bright Future}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}