Bachelor thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (BSc)
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Deze scriptie behandelt de constructie van gender en de manier waarop deze constructie verandert in Egypte door de Arabische Lente. Er is in Egypte veel ongelijkheid tussen mannen en vrouwen. Door...Show moreDeze scriptie behandelt de constructie van gender en de manier waarop deze constructie verandert in Egypte door de Arabische Lente. Er is in Egypte veel ongelijkheid tussen mannen en vrouwen. Door de Arabische Lente is de positie van de vrouw aangekaard. Ook vrouwen deden mee aan de protesten. Zij zetten zich niet alleen tegen de staat af maar ook tegen hun eigen huishouden. Zo willen zij gender in de dagelijkse praktijk, maar ook op staatsniveau veranderen. Op dagelijks niveau is de constructie van gender aangekaard en deels veranderd, maar op staatsniveau is dit nog niet behaald en het is maar de vraag of dit snel gaat lukken.Show less
Objective: The aim of the present study is to research the development of executive functions (EF) over a period of one year in children aged four to seven years old. This study focused on three...Show moreObjective: The aim of the present study is to research the development of executive functions (EF) over a period of one year in children aged four to seven years old. This study focused on three main questions: 1. How is the developmental course of EF over a period of one year?; 2. Are there geslacht differences in this development?; and 3. Does a parent intervention aimed at stimulating EF in children by their parents have an effect on the development of EF? Method: This study uses data from the Curious Mind Project of Leiden University. In 2009 and 2010 Master students administered various neuropsychological tests to elementary school children. The following EF were examined with the Amsterdam neuropsychological tasks (N = 107): alertness and basic attention, frustration, impulsiveness, sustained attention and working memory. Everyday EF was reported by the parents using the Dysexecutive Questionnaire for Children (DEX-C) (N = 240) and planning was assessed with the Behavioural Assesment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children (BADS-C Zoo) (N = 289). Data was analyzed using several repeated measures ANOVA’s. Results: Significant one-year developmental effects were found for basal attention and alertness, impulsiveness, sustained attention, working memory, as well as age effects for alertness and basic attention, planning and inhibition. There were no significant differences between boys and girls for the development of EF over a period of one year. The parent training, aimed at increasing knowledge among parents about EF and social cognitive functioning of their child and encouraging these aspects at home, appeared to have no significant effect on the development of EF. Conclusion: Significant increases in different aspects of EF were detected over a one-year period in four to seven year-old children. However, these changes were not caused by the intervention. It is important to further develop this intervention and to assess its effects on EF over a longer follow-up period.Show less
Research master thesis | Archaeology (research) (MA/MSc)
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The focal point of this thesis is the relationship between women and jewellery in the Roman Empire. This relationship is surrounded by positive and negative values, e.g. the responses of ancient...Show moreThe focal point of this thesis is the relationship between women and jewellery in the Roman Empire. This relationship is surrounded by positive and negative values, e.g. the responses of ancient authors range from more positive comments to extreme criticism. The central research question was: What social norms, relations and values does jewellery signify regarding women in the Roman Empire? The central aim is to differentiate and investigate the social norms, relations and values that were associated with the relationship between women and jewellery. In order to do this, jewellery finds and sculptural representations of jewellery from Rome (defined as core) and Palmyra (defined as periphery) in the first two centuries AD were studied. These two categories of evidence were analysed separately per region and then compared. Comparative investigation of the material in both regions increases understanding of the signifying function of jewellery with regard to the prevailing social norms. In visual culture other values, social norms and relations come forward than in the jewellery finds. Four central aspects regarding the finds and representations were focused on: types of jewellery, context, social position of the owner/portrayed, and the expression of gender. These aspects followed from the framework that was developed to study the relationship between women and jewellery, which included the concepts gender, sculptural representations and core-periphery. The research problem this study intended to solve was that archaeological evidence has been rather neglected in the study of women and jewellery. The systematic quantitative and qualitative analyses of the jewellery finds and sculptural representations of jewellery from Rome and Palmyra, attempted here for the first time on exemplary sample sets, as well as the comparison between them, have brought new insights to this field of study.Show less
