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The correlation between middle school 8th-grade students’ reflective thinking skill towards problem-solving and their mathematics anxieties
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-09) Erdem, Süruri Selim; Arıkan, Elif Esra
This research aims to explore the potential correlation between the reflective thinking skills of 8th-grade students in secondary education and their level of math anxiety. The study also intends to investigate potential discrepancies in students' reflective thinking abilities for problem-solving and mathematics anxiety, considering factors such as gender, parental education level, and the type of games played. One of the quantitative research designs, the relational survey model, was employed in this study. There were 779 8th-grade students in the study group, comprising 415 females and 364 males. The researchers collected data using three tools: the reflective thinking skills in problem-solving scale developed by Kızılkaya and Aşkar (2009), the mathematics anxiety scale developed by Bindak (2005), and a personal information form created by the researchers. The data obtained from the scales were analyzed using statistical methods such as arithmetic mean, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Scheffe test. A noteworthy finding is that the math anxiety scale score and the reflective thinking skills scale score for problem-solving exhibit a significant difference based on the type of game played by the students. An important finding is that the reflective thinking skill scale for problem-solving reasoning sub-dimension accounts for 10% of the total variance in mathematics anxiety, as revealed by the multiple regression analysis.
The economics of cognitive negligence
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-23) Demir, Ömer; Eyerci, Cem
The essence of the decision-making mechanism of rational individuals in economics is to ensure the balance between benefits and costs. The benefit received from a decision is expected to be higher than its cost. It is so in cognitive activities. Any cognitive practice may require effort, expenses, and time-use to some extent. However, the actors do not always do all they can. A significant reason for not using cognitive abilities adequately in verbal, written, and visual information production is the individuals’ not wholly bearing the negative consequences of their cognitive actions. Such a cognitive attitude differs from similar notions of rational ignorance, rational inattention, and mental laziness. This paper introduces a new concept, cognitive negligence, that refers to the tendency of individuals to avoid the cost and maximize benefits in cognitive activities by making an implicit or explicit cost-benefit analysis. The paper presents why and how cognitive negligence emerges. It defines the factors affecting it, such as the position of the actor, perception of importance, context or type of activity, time of action, social distance, and the diversity of the audience. Its relationship with lying, distortion, and critical thinking is discussed. Finally, the consequences of cognitive negligence are evaluated.
Frantz Fanon’s psycho-politics: From psychiatry to revolution
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-23) Mollaer, Fırat; İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi; Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü; 0000-0002-5415-5281
This article examines the relationship between psychiatry and politics in the thought of Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. The article aims to demonstrate that Fanon developed a unique approach to psycho-politics that dialectically engages psychiatry and politics from his earliest works. Fanon’s psycho-politics can be traced from his work in the early 1950s, namely his doctoral dissertation and Black Skin, White Masks (1952). From his doctoral dissertation to Black Skin, White Masks, Fanon tries to explain colonialism as a psychiatrist. This search manifests itself again in Fanon’s best-known work, The Wretched of the Earth (1961). Although The Wretched of the Earth is known as the influential work of a political militant, it is the book of a scientist-thinker who analyzes colonialism from a psychiatric perspective. However, the connection between Fanon’s psychiatric thought and practice and his political writings has not been sufficiently revealed. Fanon has been thought of as a ‟Third World militant.” But there is a dialectical relationship between Fanon’s theory and practice of psychiatry and his political thought. Understanding Fanon’s thought can only be possible by analyzing its psycho-political structure. The aim of this article is to examine the development of Fanon’s political thought through his earliest psychiatric writings and clinical practice, to link psychiatric theory and practice to his political theory, and thus to outline Fanon’s psycho-politics.
Independence of regulatory authority: Türkiye’s radio and television supreme council
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-12) Erol, Özgün Akduran; Yiğit, Yunus
Independent regulatory authorities are expected to act as apolitical agents to prevent market failures in the sector they regulate. However, according to political signal theory, regulatory authorities cannot escape the interventions and control of the political power. In addition, according to capture theory, regulation is designed and operated for the benefit of dominant capital groups in the sector. This article applies both theories to the case of Türkiye’s radio and TV sector. Based on our analysis we claim that the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council is a unique case of a supposedly independent authority being captured by both the political power and dominant capitalist groups in the sector, which are intertwined with this power, by limiting its administrative and financial autonomy. Our findings show that the close relations between capital groups and important political figures, which have been clear since the sector was first liberalized, have helped these groups gain a privileged position in Türkiye’s media sector. As a result, the main instrument that changed the media ownership structure was the interventions of the political power in line with the propositions of the ‟political signaling” theory.
Prediction of economic crisis period with logistic regression analysis based on the trading volume of companies in the stock exchange Istanbul
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2022-12-27) Işığıçok, Erkan; Tarkun, Savaş; Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü; Ekonometri Ana Bilim Dalı; 0000-0003-4037-0869; 0000-0002-2684-184X
The prediction of an economic crisis is the most critical area of study for all actors related to the economy. Crises, a sign of uncertainty, do not have a specific timeline, but they can be predicted by analyzing particular indications. Studies on predicting the crisis are commonly related to macroeconomic variables. This study addresses an alternative approach to predicting crisis periods, which involves analyzing changes in the trading volumes of companies listed on Borsa Istanbul (BIST) instead of relying solely on macroeconomic variables. The study aims to examine the transaction volume data from 169 firms that regularly traded in BIST between 2000 and 2018. The predictability of economic crises in Türkiye has been investigated by applying binary logistic regression analysis, a methodology commonly employed in the literature as a signal approach for detecting economic crises. Some statistically significant parameters were discovered positive, and some were found negative in estimated logistic regression models, and the companies to which the statistically insignificant parameters belonged were evaluated as companies that did not give a signal for the economic crisis model. The findings suggest that changes in the trading volume of many companies, not just a few ones, can be a valuable predictor of crises.
Structural change: Do services substitute or complete the industry?
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-21) Gaberli, Ümit
This study analyzes the nature of the relationship between the services and the industry, i.e., substitution or complementarity, given the increasing share of services (tertiarization process) in the world economy. The economies in the world evolved towards a services-dominated structure over a half-century. This evolution resulted in a decreasing industry share despite continuously increased industrial production. We used a dataset covering the 1970-2018 period for 173 countries to investigate this question by employing the panel vector of auto-regression analysis (Panel VAR). We also approached the problem by estimating a dynamic panel data model by the two-step system GMM for robustness. The study also calculates the linkages between the industry and the services. The empirical results show that services do not substitute industry. There is a complementary role of the services for the industry, but the complementary role of the industry for services is ambiguous.
Violent and unethical non-violent abuse of faith and ethnoreligious sentiments in Southeast Europe: Religious peace-building?
(Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2023-06-09) Hadžić, Faruk
The article presents a theoretical and conceptual examination of religious violent and unethical non-violent behaviors, ethnopolitical and clerical synergism, and religious peace-building capacity. I argue that the phenomenon of religious/ethnic violent and non-violent interchangeability adopted by national political unethical behavior has adverse consequences on the post-Yugoslav social behavior and reconciliation process; religions should be a moral peace-building agency. The multiethnic/multireligious socialist Yugoslav society has been violently transformed into influential ethical and clerical cultures, producing antagonistic ethnonational societies sustaining pastoralism as potent identity manifestations of the social capital. War-period visual violence and emotions influenced violent behavior and policy within the discourse "our vs. their sacred ethnic land," creating an unbearable ease of creating fear and motivating violent antagonism and war crimes. The post-war antagonistic media rhetoric, visual antagonism, and abuse of faith adversely impact peaceful coexistence. Ethnic, religious, ideological, and political contextual factors are challenging to generate in post-conflict, divided Balkan societies. Fear of others, religiously distinct, is a category that's difficult to determine and prevent. WesternBalkan societies possess victimological and political mythical conventions, honoring ethnoreligious war victories, defeats, and agonies, maintaining hostility and revenge discourse. Historically, religions were misused to justify violence and maintain non-violence, unethical sociopolitical order, and negative peace. The ideologies of religious superiority intertwine with intensely dominant national perceptions, so belonging to the Serb, Croat, or Bosniak people is equated with Orthodoxy, Catholicism, or Islam. This entanglement is the groundwork for despondency and a hostile peace climate. Current clerical and ethnopolitical policies lead further away from conflict transformation, directing toward the renewal of monotheistic spirituality, cognition, and violence. Political involvement affects "authentic" religion. We should engage in all-inclusive theological and consensus approaches to demonstrate that religions are peace-building agencies, retrieving and revitalizing authentic morality criteria. Religious sentiments mobilize people more rapidly than other identities.

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