Examining Tasks that Facilitate the Experience of Incubation While Problem-Solving

The three studies presented here contrasted the problem-solving outcomes of university students when a break was provided or not provided during a problem-solving session. In addition, two studies explored the effect of providing hints (priming) and the placement of hints during the problem-solving session. First, the ability to solve a previously unsolved problem (incubation) was demonstrated. However, the incubation effect was dependent on the placement of the hint and the kind of hint provided. Incubation occurred with challenging word problems (paired-anagrams). Furthermore, the effect was facilitated when a break from study was provided and where a hint directing the student toward a solution was provided during the break. Verbal ability was not related to performance in problem-solving tasks involving paired-anagrams. In general, there are reliable interventions for promoting incubation in problem-solving situations. These interventions include attention to the task demands and the context of study.Dans les trois présentes études, on compare les résultats atteints par des étudiants à l'université qui accomplissaient des tâches de résolution de problèmes lors d'une session avec une pause et d'une autre sans pause. De plus, deux études se sont penchées sur l'effet produit par la présentation d'indices pendant les sessions de résolution de problèmes. La capacité de résoudre un problème que l'on n'avait pas réussi à résoudre avant (incubation) a d'abord été démontrée. Dans ce cas, l'effet de l'incubation dépendait de la mise en place de l'indice et du genre d'indice fourni. L'incubation a eu lieu pendant les défis verbaux (anagrammes jumelés). La présence d'une pause pendant la session et le fait de fournir un indice à l'étudiant pendant celle-ci ont favorisé cet effet. L'aptitude verbale n'était pas liée à la performance lors de la résolution de problèmes impliquant les anagrammes jumelés. De façon générale, des interventions fiables existent pour promouvoir l'incubation lors de tâches de résolution de problèmes. Entre autres, citons l'attention portée aux exigences de la tâche et le contexte de l'étude

Gardening with kids - Classroom activities in horticultural science: Oklahoma map garden

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Gardening with kids - Classroom activities in horticultural science: Growing under lights

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Perennial flowers for specific uses in Oklahoma

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Annual flowers for specific uses in Oklahoma: An OBGA series fact sheet

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Hobby greenhouse

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Prevalence and predictors of verbal aggression in a secure mental health service:use of the HCR-20

Despite evidence about the negative effects of verbal aggression in mental health wards there is little research about its prevalence or about the factors that predict the behaviour among inpatients. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of verbal aggression in a secure mental health service, and to examine the relationship of verbal aggression with risk factors for aggression in the risk assessment tool HCR-20 in order to establish whether, and with which factors, the behaviour can be predicted. Verbal aggression was measured using the Overt Aggression Scale (OAS) over a 3-month period across a heterogeneous patient group (n = 613). Over half the patients (n = 341, 56%) engaged in 1594 incidents of verbal aggression. The HCR-20 total, clinical, and risk management subscale scores predicted verbal aggression, though effect sizes were not large. Item-outcome analysis revealed that impulsivity, negative attitudes, and non-compliance with medication were the best predictors of verbal aggression and, therefore, should be targeted for intervention. There are key synergies between factors predicting verbal aggression and the core mental health nursing role. Nurses, therefore, are in a prime position to develop and implement interventions that may reduce verbal aggression in mental health inpatients

Improvement and Public Service Relationships: Cultural Theory and Institutional Work

This article examines the influence of cultural-institutional factors on user–provider relationships in public services. Using Grid-Group Cultural Theory (CT) as a way to structure the complexity of public service relationships, the article considers the extent to which public services are attuned to users' relational concerns. This analysis shows particular tensions between how users think the service ‘should be’ compared with how they think the service ‘actually is’. Additional study evidence is used to assess these findings; in particular, the effects of different patterns of compatibility on both the perceived quality of public service relationships and the value added by this. Finally, relationships between ‘good opportunities’ for user voice and the above results are discussed. In response, opportunities for improvement are identified (within the institutional work done by public service organizations), and the implications for the relative value of CT analysis are discussed