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Perception training in tennis
Mrázová, Kristina ; Carboch, Jan (advisor) ; Malý, Tomáš (referee)
Title: Perception training in tennis Objectives: The main goal of this paper is to assess the impact of perceptual-cognitive training on the development of anticipatory skills in expert and novice tennis players. Methods: The result of this paper was obtained using an experiment based on the test-retest method. It is a randomized controlled trial in which the intervention groups underwent three weeks of perceptual-cognitive training in addition to the test and retest process. All parts of the experiment (test, perceptual training, retest) were based on watching edited video recordings of tennis serves using the temporal occlusion technique. The tracked variable in the experiment was the relative accuracy of responses. Results: In the intervention group of expert tennis players, a significant difference was reported between test and retest performance (p < 0.01; d = 1.05). No statistical significance was observed in the intervention group of tennis novices or in any of the control groups. Since the intervention and control groups of expert tennis players did not differ in the test stage, the observed increase in performance was attributed to the effect of applied perceptual-cognitive training. The statistically significant increase in relative accuracy of responses between test and retest occurred...
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Behavioural immune system in humans: perceptual and affective component
Slavíčková, Kateřina ; Schwambergová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Dlouhá, Daniela (referee)
This bachelor's thesis aims to summarize the available literature on the human behavioral immune system. In addition to the physical immune system, the behavioral immune system represents another defense mechanism against pathogens. It consists of a variety of psychological mechanisms that enable timely avoidance reactions to potentially risky stimuli, thereby reducing the energetic costs that would otherwise be expended in a metabolically demanding immune response. The thesis introduces the functioning of the behavioral immune system, starting with the detection of risk cues followed by an emotional response - disgust, which is considered a key mechanism leading to an avoidance reaction. Furthermore the Development of the feeling of disgust is described. The work also includes an outline of inter- individual differences in disgust.
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Facial attractiveness and skin color and texture
Kolingerová, Agáta ; Pátková, Žaneta (advisor) ; Pokorný, Šimon (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is, in the form of a literature review and critical evaluation, to summarize the available findings from scientific research on the influence of skin color and texture on facial attractiveness. The first part briefly introduces some of the evolutionary perspectives on attractiveness and then the aspects primarily studied in the past that affect facial attractiveness, i.e., symmetry, averageness and sexually dimorphic features. The main section of this thesis is devoted to other important traits affecting facial attractiveness, that is, skin color and texture. Topics discussed include individual skin color traits (i.e., redness, yellowness, lightness and homogeneity of color), while this thesis tries to describe their association with actual health or physical condition. The influence of culture and gender on the perception of these traits is also included. Regarding skin texture, the topics of acne, scars, radiance and wrinkles and their effect on perceived attractiveness are discussed. Similarly to color traits, potential influences of culture and gender are also presented. Keywords attractiveness, color, texture, skin, perception, health
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Pupils' perception of maps
Benešová, Eva ; Krajňáková, Lenka (advisor) ; Mísařová, Darina (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on pupils' map perception and its main objective is to characterize how sixth-grade pupils perceive visuals that resemble maps in their appearance or characteristics, or are defined as maps according to commonly used definitions. The theoretical part of the thesis explains in detail the concept of maps in foreign and Czech literature, but also in geography textbooks for the sixth grade of elementary schools. An important part of the theoretical part is also the description of mental map schemata, which were presented in detail by the American geographer A. MacEachren in his book How Maps Work. A total of 22 respondents from three elementary schools participated in the research. The selected pupils took part in approximately fifteen-minute interviews, in which they first described what they think a map is, and then decided whether the presented visuals were maps or not, providing their reasoning for their decisions. A total of 15 visuals were presented, which were selected based on the previous analysis of the literature. The results of the research showed that the used geography textbook and the teaching style of the teacher influence how pupils perceive maps. Several basic elements according to which pupils recognize maps were derived from their answers. Among the most...
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Light as an image. Light in Czech fine art from the 1940s to the present days
MICHALINOVÁ, Denisa
The subject of this master thesis is the phenomenon of light as a specific artistic medium. The main focus will be put on issues of non-narrative light installations, the dichotomy of picture/image and light (projected light, projected picture/image), light and space (changes in perception due to light intervention) and their synthesis, the symbolism of light and its transformations. The aim is to describe the context of the inclinations towards light as an artistic medium in the work of selected artists and to explain the links of this shift towards new forms of fine art especially after 1989. The argumentations will be based on the works of key personalities of the Czech and foreign art scene, namely the work of Zdeněk Pešánek (1896-1965), Dan Flavin (1933-1996), James Turrell (*1943) and others. The text will map related manifestations and tendencies in contemporary Czech art through a critical naming of the methods and procedures of light creation by these artists.
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Perception of cultural and natural values and visitor's preferences in a northeastern part of PLA Třeboňsko: former deer park Jemčina and her importance for cycling tourism
PIXA, Jan
The bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of perception of cultural and natural values and visitors preferences in the northeastern part of the Třeboňsko PLA, the thesis is focused on a specific area of the former Jemčina domain. In addition to visitor preferences related to the perception of natural and cultural in the studied area, the importace the importace of the field for cycling tourism i salso addressed in the work. The aim of the Works to find out, using a questionnaire survey, which values in the given area the respondents prefer, whether the naturalor cultural values in the area of Jemčina are highlighted for the respondents, as well as the fact how the respondents perceive the quality of rous suitable for cycling in Jemčina. The research is focused only for respondents who have already visited Jemčina or were physically present in the studied area at the time of the research. The results of the questionnaire survey served to define specific proposals for improving not only the rous for cyclint in Jemčina, but also for incerasing the number of visitors and further development of the area.
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Vnímání Číny ve vybraných zemích Latinské Ameriky
Demartini, Michaela
Demartini M. Perception of China in selected countries of Latin America: Bachelor Thesis. Brno: Mendel University. Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, 2017. Advisor: Mgr. Ing. Richard Turcsányi, Ph.D. The paper deals with the perception of China in selected Latin American countries. The theoretical part summarizes the development of Latin American relations with China on the history background and their current state. It also includes and explains the theoretical basis of work - Chinese foreign policy and soft-power concept. The next part describes methodology of selecting three countries based on political, economic and social factors. The practical part includes individual case studies of Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela and its perception of China. The aim is to find out how the selected Latin American states perceive China and try to explain this finding by presenting facts that may support or shape such perceptions.
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Social Workers from the Point of View of Students of Health-Oriented Disciplines at FHSS USB
KAISEROVÁ, Adéla
Social workers collaborate during their work in a multidisciplinary team where they meet with professionals from different fields. The bachelor's thesis is focused on the characteristics of personality of social workers and on how they are perceived by future professionals of a multidisciplinary team, in this case students of health-oriented disciplines at FHSS USB. The theoretical part of the thesis consists of chapters which include the description of social work and the characteristics of social worker and deal with competence that are required for practicing profession along with the specific activities associated with the profession of social worker. The aim of the research part of the thesis is to find out how students of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of USB perceive social workers, what characteristics they attribute to them, and lastly to find out whether they have knowledge of the terminology of social work. The research part is based on the quantitative research strategy. The research results could be used by students of social work as an indicator of how social workers are perceived by students of other disciplines.
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Cross-cultural perception of sexual dimorphism in human face
Fiala, Vojtěch ; Kleisner, Karel (advisor) ; Králík, Miroslav (referee) ; Lobmaier, Janek Simon (referee)
Evolutionary psychology supposes that human behaviour consists of adaptive tools, functional and mutually intertwined, that help an individual to survive and reproduce. Human proneness to ascribe psychological characteristics, based on an individual's facial features, may present such an adaptive tool. Facial sex-typicality, the individual representation of facial features regarding a given sex (male/female), affects other ascribed characteristics. Potential functional associations between sexually dimorphic facial structure, perceived sex-typicality, and physiological and behavioural correlates are the very topic of this thesis. Following theoretical background, there are three studies listed as 'Published studies' (Study 1-3). Study 4, the submitted manuscript, has not been peer-reviewed yet. Study 5, already published, is listed as 'Appendix'. Study 1 (Fiala et al., 2021) compares the effects of perceived 'sex-typicality' and measured sexual shape dimorphism on ratings of attractiveness across five distant countries. Rating participants and stimuli faces were always from the same country. Whilst perceived female femininity is preferred across cultures, analysis of preference of perceived male masculinity and both-sex measured sex-typicality reveals cross-cultural discrepancies. Study 2 (Fiala et...
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Perception of Landscape Heritage by the Local Population of Plešivec
Sedláčková, Hana ; Jelen, Jakub (advisor) ; Boudný, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with perception of landcape on the example of the Plešivec area located in the Příbram district. The main objective of the thesis is to evaluate the perception of the area by the locals. In the thesis, the locals' visit rate and their knowledge of the place, is analyzed. The thesis than concerns itself with perception of the visit rate and assesement of the landcape's elements. The research was done via 50 half-standardized interviews in the closest circumscribed area in the Plešivec surroundings. It was found that the locals percieve Plešivec positively ond that the most valuable elements to the hill is eg. outlook "Čertova kazatelna" on "Velká skála", the lake "Smaragdové jezírko" ort he rocks "Krkavčí skály". Therefore the Bdry's dominant "Olympus" Plešivec has a great impact on its surroundings. The locals use it for recreational activities and view it as a symbol of their place of residence.
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