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FOLK CONCEPTIONS OF WISE PERSON'S PERSONALITY IN ASIAN CULTURES

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Brezina I.
Studia Psychologica
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2010
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vol. 52
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issue 4
347-353
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Research in folk conceptions is one of the supporting pillars of psychological approaches to the study of wisdom. We have administered to a religiously diverse sample of Asian university students (n = 646) a questionnaire of our own design focused on deepening our knowledge of the personality context of Eastern wisdom. Results obtained from a factor analysis (partially in agreement with findings of other authors) indicate that in the context of present understanding of the East it is also appropriate to consider wisdom in relation to emotionality, motivation and social skills.
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UNFOLDING INTUITION - ZEN TRADITION IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY LENSES

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Brezina I.
Studia Psychologica
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2011
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vol. 53
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issue 2
215-220
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Coming across conclusions finding intuition teachable, and a notable deal of evidence determining intuitive way of thinking as typical for the East, we study Zen literature in order to bridge the message of its techniques with the vocabulary of modern psychology. Learning how to recognize - not necessarily understand - and employ the proper sets of stimuli coming from the unconsciousness can be seen as a function of mastering what Zen literature refers to as a) unconscious concentration, b) clarity of mind and thought and c) spontaneity in action. We discuss each of these virtues on its own, yielding conclusions that boost more questions for the future direction of research in area of intuition.
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OPINIONS OF CULTURALLY DIVERSE SAMPLE OF ASIANS ON WISDOM

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Brezina I., Ritomsky A.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2010
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vol. 42
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issue 6
619-637
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Development of expert theories of wisdom shows a general shift from emphasizing the role of cognitive processes to broader definitions, which perceive wisdom as a way of integration of cognitive skills, emotional abilities and personality. Within the Eastern concepts of wisdom, its spiritual part is often mentioned. Research studies of public opinions about wisdom, conducted on a Western sample and confronted with pioneer findings obtained on non-Western samples show that it may result appropriate to contemplate the concept of Western wisdom as dominantly based on rationality, knowledge and reason and the Eastern approaches as the ones emphasizing emotions, intuition and transience. The sample of 646 students from culturally and religiously differentiated regions of Asia documents the variability of answers to the scale-type inventory questions and the sample introduces us to the diversity in basic parameters of Eastern understanding of wisdom.
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EVERYBODY BULLSHITS SOMETIMES: RELATIONSHIPS OF BULLSHITTING FREQUENCY, OVERCONFIDENCE AND MYSIDE BIAS IN THE TOPIC OF MIGRATION

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Čavojová V., Brezina I.
Studia Psychologica
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2021
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vol. 63
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issue 2
158 – 174
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Current research on bullshit has shifted its focus from the recipient of bullshit to its producer; this trend being reflected in the new Bullshitting frequency scale (Littrell et al., 2021) measuring persuasive and evasive bullshitting. The aim of our study was to validate the scale for the Slovak population and to examine the relationship between persuasive and evasive bullshitting behaviour, overconfidence and myside bias in the context of the topic of migration. Six hundred and sixty-six Slovak adults (52.7% men, Mage = 41.84) participated in an online study. The two-factor structure of BFS was confirmed. The results showed that people high in persuasive bullshitting (“persuasive bullshitters”), after controlling for evasive bullshitting, felt they had more knowledge about migration, but they also showed more myside bias. Similarly, people high in evasive bullshitting (“evasive bullshitters”), after controlling for persuasive bullshitting, felt they had less knowledge about migration and tended to underestimate their knowledge. Contrary to our expectations, correlation between overconfidence and persuasive bullshitting disappeared when evasive bullshitting was controlled for, and it seems that the negative correlation was caused by evasive bullshitters being underconfident. Our results further expand the knowledge about cognitive characteristics of bullshitters and support the distinction between the two kinds of bullshitting behaviour, which has implications for political debates as well.
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BEYOND CZECH AND SLOVAK DIFFERENCES IN HOFSTEDE ́S MASCULINITY INDEX: AN INVESTIGATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES USING HOFSTEDE’S AND SCHWARTZ’S FRAMEWORK

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Brezina I., Bašnáková J., Sollár T.
Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
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2019
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vol. 22
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issue 1
16 - 33
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A number of studies adopting either Hofstede ́s Cultural Values Survey approach or Schwartz ́s concept of Value Types have documented major distinctions in value preferences between Czechs and Slovaks. The most prominent one has been represented either by the dimension of Masculinity (as constructed by Hofstede) or value type of Achievement (a concept of Schwartz); both defined by similar content, stressing the importance of success, achievement and competence. In this study, we therefore aim to explore this difference in more detail. For that purpose, we contrasted two matched samples of Czech (N=200) and Slovak (N=200) participants representative of the two populations. One of the main findings of the study was that several items were interpreted quite differently both within and across the countries. This prompted us to look in more detail at the four items that make up the MAS index. Our results, based on participants ́ responses to VSM2013 and PVQ21 and their demographic information, suggest that factors such as religious affiliation, age, gender and residence size were not major predictors of cross-cultural differences in Masculinity, but rather this single item on Hofstede's VSM 2013 questionnaire. One theoretical possibility brought about by our findings is that while the dimension of Masculinity might be culturally universal, the items devised to measure it could have culture-specific content.
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ANALÝZA ABSOLÚTNEJ KONCENTRÁCIE VYBRANÉHO ODVETVIA POMOCOU HERFINDAHLOVHO-HIRSCHMANOVHO INDEXU

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Brezina I., Oršulová A., Pekár J.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2009
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vol. 57
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issue 1
77-94
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This article examines the use of the Herfindahl-Hirschman index in the antimonopoly policy of Slovak Republic. This index is a commonly accepted indicator that is focused on absolute concentration of the industry and in that way it allows to measure market concentration for purposes of antitrust enforcement. The index is used for the analyses of absolute concentration of the branch: Electricity, gas, steam and hot water during the years 2004 - 2006. Besides it, the sensitivity analysis that gives the information about characteristics of the industry after the entrance of the new subject on the market is presented. Presented analysis of the branch indicates that also by increasing number of subjects the absolute concentration does not have decrease.
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SYNCHRONIZATION OF CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM AMONG PERIODS

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Pekár J., Brezina I., Čičková z.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2017
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vol. 65
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issue 1
66 – 78
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The routing problems are one of the most important problems in the field of logistic with great practical applicability. This article deals with synchronized distribution during time periods. It is based on optimization using classical capacitated vehicle routing problem while providing different customers’ demands among time periods. The goal is, except the minimization of the total distance, to achieve the stability of solution among the time periods, which contributes to simplification of transportation planning. Although using of the presented model can lead to a partial increase of distribution cost, on the other hand it ensures more transparent routes and eliminates the need for daily optimization. Therefore it brings a positive effect for distributors, drivers and customers that may result in greater economic benefits than the benefit from the optimization on a daily basis.
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ANTICIPATED LOSS AVERSION FOR SMALL AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN CULTURALLY DIFFERENT (SLOVAKIA, POLAND, BOLIVIA) UNIVERSITY STUDENT SAMPLES

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Bacova V., Brezina I., Lesniak A.
Studia Psychologica
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2010
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vol. 52
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issue 4
315-326
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The aim of this study was to verify whether students in different cultures (with assumed distinct degrees of individualism-collectivism) anticipate their emotions in relation to loss differently and whether there are differences between anticipating one's emotions at losing small versus large sums of money in each sample. Three samples of university students (181 in Slovakia, 126 in Poland and 103 in Bolivia), mean age 21-22 years, were studied. No gender differences were found in any of the samples. Slovak and Polish students expressed anticipated loss aversion for greater sums of money and reversed loss aversion for small sums of money. Bolivian students showed no anticipated loss aversion either for small or large sums of money. Neither sample showed a relation between anticipated loss aversion and individualism-collectivism. Loss aversion in risky choices was observed in all samples; however, more students from Bolivia were willing to accept a greater financial loss than Slovak and Polish students. Higher individualism correlated with lower level of loss aversion in risky choices in the Slovak and Polish samples. The limits of the study are discussed in conclusion.
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ZELENÁ A REVERZNÁ LOGISTIKA AKO NÁSTROJ ZEFEKTÍVNENIA SPAĽOVANIA ODPADU V SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKE

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Brezina I., Dupal A., Pekár J.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2011
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vol. 59
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issue 2
132 – 147
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The paper presents a possible approach to the modelling of waste incinerators deployment in Slovakia within the purview of Green and Reverse logistics. Uneven distribution of certain waste incinerators types in the SR may lead to the efficiency reduction in waste collection and disposal. Building up the effective network of waste collection sites and waste incinerators depending on a type of waste and a number of separated components, this presumes to satisfy the requirements of acceptable availability. In this process, there can be as effective tools applied the location models, based on the theories and methods of Mathematical programming. In this paper the group of location models so as to optimise the deployment of waste incinerators is applied.
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