Master Thesis Ideas

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Master Thesis Ideas

• February 1st 2006

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Project Areas

• 4.5 Different Research Projects
• 4 Senior Researchers 2 Doctoral Students
• Areas of Psychology
• Positive, Social, Cultural, Developmental
• Topics Virtues Identity, Attitudes
  Immigration, Care-Giving, Ideology of
  Multiculturalism
• Mixed Methodologies

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Positive Psychology Virtues

• Hilde Nafstad, Rolv Blakar, Sissel Finholt
• Identity and Virtues
• Possible Selves (Markus Nurius, 1986)
• Dyder Positive strengths or character traits
• Interviews
• Qualitative Design
• h.e.nafstad_at_psykologi.uio.no
• r.m.blakar_at_psykologi.uio.no
• s.m.finholt_at_psykologi.uio.no

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Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration

• Reidar Ommundsen
• What social and psychological factors are related
  to or influence attitudes toward illegal
  immigration and immigrants in receiving
  countries?
• Correlational or Experimental Studies
• Social Psychology
• Quantitative Methodology
• Scales Surveys and/or Experiments
• reidar.ommundsen_at_psykologi.uio.no

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Norwegian Attitudes Toward Integration of
Immigrants

• Reidar Ommundsen and Josh Phelps
• Scale to Measure Attitudes toward Integration
• Mutual Adaptation/Gjensidig tilpasning
• Partially influenced by Berry Integration
  Strategy
• Contemporary Issue in Norwegian Politics
• Quantitative Methodology
• reidar.ommundsen_at_psykologi.uio.no
• joshph_at_psykologi.uio.no

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Karsten Projects

• Care-giver/ing Project
• Disadvantaged Groups in Norway Abroad
• www.icdp.info
• Developmental Cultural Psychology
• k.hundeide_at_psykolgi.uio.no
• Ragnhild Dybdahl
• Potential Supervisor

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Ideology of Multiculturalism

• Rolv Blakar, Hilde Nafstad, Josh Phelps
• Longitudinal Ideological Analysis, Content
  Analysis Focus Groups
• Ethnic Norwegian (etnisk norsk) and the
  Multicultural Society (flerkulturelt samfunnet)
• Mixed Methodologies
• r.m.blakar_at_psykologi.uio.no
• h.e.nafstad_at_psykologi.uio.no
• joshph_at_psykologi.uio.no

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Conclusion

• Final words
• Support Group
• Best of Luck!!!