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Meyer, Meredith; Leslie, Sarah-Jane; Gelman, Susan A.; Stilwell, Sarah M. – Cognitive Science, 2013
Psychological essentialism is the belief that some internal, unseen essence or force determines the common outward appearances and behaviors of category members. We investigated whether reasoning about transplants of bodily elements showed evidence of essentialist thinking. Both Americans and Indians endorsed the possibility of transplants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Body, Donors, Philosophy
Khan, Zebun Nisa – Online Submission, 2009
Problem statement: Professional education is the principle means of the developing the human resource. Students who do not perform well in professional courses are not in any way better than those who do not have professional knowledge, because their chances of employment and efficient working are bleak. The present study attempted to examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Professional Education, Student Characteristics