Bücher von Max Korbmacher

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Psychology - Developmental Psychology, grade: A, , course: Language, Eduacation and the Early Years, language: English, abstract: In the essay, firstly, an overview of the current state of research on the improvement of social interactions and communication behaviours in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are presented, and secondly, advantages and disadvantages of using VR with children with ASD are discussed.

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Psychology - Consulting, Therapy, grade: A, , course: Mental Health and Ageing, language: English, abstract: A wide range of both common events, such as traffic accidents, and extraordinary events, e.g. rape, can be traumatic. Although processing of traumatic events differs between individuals, it is very likely to be exposed to extreme stressors at some point in life which can lead to PTSD (54-64% in Europe and Japan) making PTSD a common disorder. This essay will give an overview of the history of the term PTSD, PTSD-prevalence, and the DSM-V diagnosis for individuals older than 6 years. Moreover, aetiology (particularly social, environmental, psychological, and biological vulnerability-factors); and current treatments: Trauma-Focussed Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy, Eye-Movement-Desensitization-and-Reprocessing, pharmacological/drug-assisted and alternative treatments will be discussed, considering recent psychological theories on PTSD by Foa and Kozak¿s (1986) Emotional-Processing-Theory and Ehlers and Clark¿s (2000) Cognitive Model of PTSD.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Communications - Interpersonal Communication, grade: 1.7, University of Bremen (Department of Sociology), course: B.A. Sociology, language: English, abstract: A relatively small amount of research addresses romantic relationship communication on Facebook. However, the aim of this literature review was to conclude current research about romantic relationship communication of European and North American adolescents and young adults on Facebook. Communication behaviours were observed in Knapp¿s (1978) three relational stages: formation, maintenance, and dissolution. Facebook was found to be a significant communicational tool for adolescents and young adults in romantic relationships. Findings displayed that not only communication between partners but also between couple and network influence relationship outcomes. The availability of information can lead to dialectical struggles between relationship partners (Baxter, 2011), and high levels of social control from romantic relationship partners¿ networks. A special importance of Facebook was found in the relationship formation, where Facebook serves as the main tool to communicate and to gather information about potential and existing partners. Relationship maintenance on Facebook requires publications of relationship information. The frequency and importance of those publications depends on the relationship partners and their Facebook networks. No research has been conducted on relationship dissolutions on Facebook yet. Although, research on behaviours after the dissolution revealed that former partners cleared their profiles from information connected to ex-partners. Harassment and monitoring of ex-partners were also reported behaviours. More research is needed to provide sufficient evidence to validate the presented data. Additionally, only a small amount of research addresses the reliability of offline behaviour and links between offline and online behaviour in the field of romantic relationships.

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: B+, University of Abertay Dundee (Social and Health Science Department), course: News, Truth and Power, language: English, abstract: This essay will present how the media defines Britishness by reporting about non-Britishness and stereotypes. Firstly, the terms media, culture and Britishness will be described and discussed. Secondly, examples for stereotype-creation and stereotype-use in the media will be given and explained.Britishness is a flexible and dynamic concept. The understanding of Britishness differs, different definitions are applied. Britishness and understanding Britishness are influenced by several factors, such as social structure, history, culture and the media. Despite that, the concept is often used by politicians and the media as an exclusionary force. The media often present Britishness by showing everything that is ¿supposed to be¿ non-British. The following analysis will show that mainly immigrants, people of colour (POC) and Muslims are in the focus of the discourse.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, grade: A+, University of Abertay Dundee (Psychology), course: Social Psychology, language: English, abstract: The aim of this study was to examine whether the two variables relationship status and role model have an influence on hostility towards males. 81 undergraduate psychology students of the Abertay University Dundee (UK) filled out two questionnaires. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory was used in the first questionnaire and the Ambivalence Towards Men Inventory in the second questionnaire to measure sexist attitudes.It was predicted that participants¿ relationship statuses and role models would influence their mean score on hostility towards males (HM). Results demonstrated that there was no influence of relationship status or role model on hostility towards males. It was concluded that sexism and ambivalent attitudes are influenced by a variety of factors which need further consideration in future research.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 2,0, Universität Bremen (Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Ursachen und Folgen sozialer Ungleichheit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der heutigen (Informations-)Gesellschaft nimmt Bildung, beispielsweise in Form von ¿Humankapital¿, oder ¿institutionalisiertem kulturellen Kapital¿ einen immer höheren Stellenwert für deren Mitglieder ein (Huinink 2008: 113). Dies geschieht durch den Wandel des Arbeitsmarktes, welcher sich u.a. durch höhere Anforderungen an die Bildung der Angestellten und (auch) einer, daraus folgenden, höheren Bildung der Gesellschaft präsentiert (Collins 1971: 1004). Dabei hat die Heterogenität einer Gesellschaft auch einen bestimmten Einfluss auf den Bildungserfolg der Akteure.Soziale Ungleichheit beruht besonders stark auf ihrer ökonomischen Dimension, deren Merkmale nach Huinink (Aus-)Bildung und Wissen, sowie Einkommen, Vermögen und materiellen Besitz darstellen.Messbar ist die Ungleichheit in einer Gesellschaft besonders gut am Einkommen der Bevölkerung. Klar ist jedoch, dass dieses nicht allein ausschlaggebend sein kann für die soziale Vererbung und Reproduktion (Berger, Hank, Tölke 2011: 283). Die Bildung erscheint mir als wichtigstes Ungleichheitsmerkmal, um einen sozialen Aufstieg zu bestehen, da sie soziale Mobilität ermöglicht. Also ist auch der sozialen, neben der wohlfahrtsstaatlichen und der emanzipatorischen Dimension, eine angemessene Bedeutung für das Erreichen von begehrten Statuspositionen in einer Gesellschaft beizumessen. Deren Merkmale sind soziale Beziehungen, Machtstellung und sozialer Einfluss, Diskriminierung und Privilegien und soziales Prestige (Huinink 2008: 108-109), die sich auch klar auf die Chancen auf das Erreichen einer Statusposition auswirken.Circa ein fünftel der deutschen Bevölkerung hat einen Migrationshintergrund. In Zukunft wird diese sozialstrukturelle Gruppe einen noch stärkeren Teil der Bevölkerung darstellen und doch sind die Lebensverhältnisse und somit -lagen (Huinink 2008:104-105) nicht an die der Bürgern ohne Migrationshintergrund angeglichen (Matzner 2012: 35-36).Aufkommende Fragen sind nun: ¿Wodurch wird Bildungs- und (dadurch bedingter) Erwerbserfolg hauptsächlich bestimmt?¿ und ¿Welchen Einfluss hat hierbei der Migrationshintergrund?¿. Gibt es tatsächlich einen direkten Zusammenhang zwischen Migrationshintergrund und Bildungschancen, oder ist es ein allgemeinerer, nämlich der, der sozialen Herkunft und den Bildungschancen (Schlicht 2010: 38)? Die Hausarbeit soll für diese Konstellation(-en) zuerst theoretische und dann praktische Erklärungsansätze finden und darstellen.