BACKGROUND In Luxembourg, the extensive phenomenon of school dropout is a prime policy concern in the light of individual, social and economic consequences. Although the authorities report an overall decrease of the national dropout rate, the proportion of early school leavers who remain without any specific occupation is still alarming. Therefore, this study intends a shift of focus from syste...

English is used as an international language in communicating with people across many cultures in the modern world. Kachru has investigated this phenomenon and created the “three concentric circles” model to portray the global diffusion of English. His findings show that the “cultural dimensions” of English usage have been expanding; as a result, it is important for Japanese English learners to...

A portion of Stroop interference is thought to arise from a failure to maintain goal-oriented behaviour (or goal neglect). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether goal- relevant primes could enhance goal maintenance and reduce the Stroop interference effect. Here it is shown that primes related to the goal of responding quickly in the Stroop task (e.g. fast, quick, hurry) substa...

Privacy is a well-documented issue for research with end-users routinely disclosing large amounts of sensitive information about themselves. The privacy paradox, for example, suggests that users are concerned about their online privacy yet behave in opposition to such stated concern. One potential reason for this paradoxical behaviour is that privacy suffers from a secondary goal problem; that ...

ARMUS, H. L., DEVov, W. E., EISENBERG, T., & SCHKOEDEH, S. R. Effect of primary reinforcement schedule on secondary reinforcement strength with continuous secondary reinforcement during training. Psychological Retorts. 1962, 11, 203-208. ARMUS, H. L. & GARLICH, M. M. Secondary reinforcing strength as a function of schedule of primary reinforcement. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psych...