The Role of Construal Level in Self-Control - Labs
... low-level construal, incorporating the incidental and secondary details provided by direct experience to form idiosyncratic representations of singular events. An individual may know that tomorrow will entail a breakfast of oatmeal, a 10 a.m. meeting with a research collaborator, and dinner with an ...
... low-level construal, incorporating the incidental and secondary details provided by direct experience to form idiosyncratic representations of singular events. An individual may know that tomorrow will entail a breakfast of oatmeal, a 10 a.m. meeting with a research collaborator, and dinner with an ...
Moral Dilemmas andRealism
... desire. A difference between belief and desire is what makes them disappear. Apprehending the falsity of belief is like apprehending the satisfaction of desire. For in both such cases, the state in question tends to evaporate. And apprehending the truth of belief is like apprehending the unsatisfact ...
... desire. A difference between belief and desire is what makes them disappear. Apprehending the falsity of belief is like apprehending the satisfaction of desire. For in both such cases, the state in question tends to evaporate. And apprehending the truth of belief is like apprehending the unsatisfact ...
UKU TOOMING The Communicative Significance of Beliefs and
... 1.1 Beliefs and desires This thesis is about intentional attitudes. These are mental states which are supposed to represent possible and actual states of affairs. In philosophy of mind, intentional attitudes (or propositional attitudes)1 are usually divided into two types: cognitive and conative att ...
... 1.1 Beliefs and desires This thesis is about intentional attitudes. These are mental states which are supposed to represent possible and actual states of affairs. In philosophy of mind, intentional attitudes (or propositional attitudes)1 are usually divided into two types: cognitive and conative att ...
Dilemmas and Moral Realism
... state of affairs is the possession by something of a genuine moral property.3 It is a thesis about the world not about the mind. However, Williams’ argument assumes, in traditional style, that the crucial distinction is between ‘cognitive’ and ‘non-cognitive’ mental states. Williams is concerned to ...
... state of affairs is the possession by something of a genuine moral property.3 It is a thesis about the world not about the mind. However, Williams’ argument assumes, in traditional style, that the crucial distinction is between ‘cognitive’ and ‘non-cognitive’ mental states. Williams is concerned to ...
The mirror neuron system and its role in learning Master`s thesis by
... with mirror properties. Future research should shed more light on this issue and show which neurons exactly are active in humans in conditions studied so far using brain imaging techniques. The mirror neuron system indeed seems to play an important role in several types of learning. It is probably e ...
... with mirror properties. Future research should shed more light on this issue and show which neurons exactly are active in humans in conditions studied so far using brain imaging techniques. The mirror neuron system indeed seems to play an important role in several types of learning. It is probably e ...
Understanding Albert Camus` Absurd as Ambivalence, and its
... the ability to hold it together, to sustain a consistent view of an object in spite of its ambivalent appraisals. Whereas the ‘healthy’ individual came to accept his or her ambivalence as a mixed stance toward an object, the schizophrenic in Bleuler’s theory was forced either to oscillate between a ...
... the ability to hold it together, to sustain a consistent view of an object in spite of its ambivalent appraisals. Whereas the ‘healthy’ individual came to accept his or her ambivalence as a mixed stance toward an object, the schizophrenic in Bleuler’s theory was forced either to oscillate between a ...
The Girl Who Cried Pain - DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law
... pain sensitivity increases and decreases throughout her menstrual cycle, with skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscles being affected differently by female hormonal fluctuations.'^ They also found that sex-based differences in pain response may depend on the proximity of the stimulus to external repro ...
... pain sensitivity increases and decreases throughout her menstrual cycle, with skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscles being affected differently by female hormonal fluctuations.'^ They also found that sex-based differences in pain response may depend on the proximity of the stimulus to external repro ...
Is Empathy Necessary for Morality?
... With this picture in hand, we can formulate the alternative to the empathy‐ based theory of moral judgment as follows. A (negative) moral judgment arises when an action elicits an emotional response in virtue of the fact that the judger has a sentiment of disapprobation towards a ...
... With this picture in hand, we can formulate the alternative to the empathy‐ based theory of moral judgment as follows. A (negative) moral judgment arises when an action elicits an emotional response in virtue of the fact that the judger has a sentiment of disapprobation towards a ...
Psychological Benefit Theories Buffer and Coping Theory
... A consistent finding is that husbands and wives who share leisre time together in joint activities tend to be much more satisfied with their marriages than those who do not. There tends to be a negative impact on marital satisfaction of frequent independent, individual activities by family members ...
... A consistent finding is that husbands and wives who share leisre time together in joint activities tend to be much more satisfied with their marriages than those who do not. There tends to be a negative impact on marital satisfaction of frequent independent, individual activities by family members ...
Chapter 2
... • Sociobiology – application of evolutionary biology to understand the social behavior of animals, including humans • Evolution – a theory that all living things have acquired their present forms through gradual changes in their genetic endowment over successive generations ...
... • Sociobiology – application of evolutionary biology to understand the social behavior of animals, including humans • Evolution – a theory that all living things have acquired their present forms through gradual changes in their genetic endowment over successive generations ...
A Path Analytic Model of the Relationships between Involvement
... Thus, the purposes of this paper are to advance the conceptual clarification of the multifaceted constructs of leisure involvement, psychological commitment, and behavioral loyalty, and to clarify the relationships among them. The focus is on theoretically clarifying the causal roles of involvement, ...
... Thus, the purposes of this paper are to advance the conceptual clarification of the multifaceted constructs of leisure involvement, psychological commitment, and behavioral loyalty, and to clarify the relationships among them. The focus is on theoretically clarifying the causal roles of involvement, ...
Cruel to be kind: The role of the evolution of altruistic punishment in
... good and punishes others at a personal cost in order to sustain a cooperative norm that redounds to the benefit of her social group. I will use both terms, interchangeably, simply depending on what term the researcher used in her own analysis of the behavior. One potential criticism of these public ...
... good and punishes others at a personal cost in order to sustain a cooperative norm that redounds to the benefit of her social group. I will use both terms, interchangeably, simply depending on what term the researcher used in her own analysis of the behavior. One potential criticism of these public ...
The Ethical Mirage - Harvard Business School
... environment, falling prey to the influence of conflicts of interest, and failing to realize that you hold overly positive views of yourself (Bazerman and Moore, 2008; Caruso, Epley, & Bazerman, 2006), to name a few. Chugh et al.’s (2005) summary of the literature on implicit attitudes documents how ...
... environment, falling prey to the influence of conflicts of interest, and failing to realize that you hold overly positive views of yourself (Bazerman and Moore, 2008; Caruso, Epley, & Bazerman, 2006), to name a few. Chugh et al.’s (2005) summary of the literature on implicit attitudes documents how ...
jeremy bentham and gary becker: utilitarianism and economic
... considered as part of its field of study. This expansion of economics has been called economic imperialism: economics colonizing the territory of other social sciences. Economic imperialism is not a new phenomenon. The Physiocrats considered their nouvelle science of economics as the ‘‘science of na ...
... considered as part of its field of study. This expansion of economics has been called economic imperialism: economics colonizing the territory of other social sciences. Economic imperialism is not a new phenomenon. The Physiocrats considered their nouvelle science of economics as the ‘‘science of na ...
Moral Development - Texas Collaborative
... welfare, justice, rights); 2) social-conventional (social rules for the orderly function of society); and 3) personal (pure self-interest, exempt from social or moral rules). ...
... welfare, justice, rights); 2) social-conventional (social rules for the orderly function of society); and 3) personal (pure self-interest, exempt from social or moral rules). ...
Relationship of Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Psychological
... factor that stimulates desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role on subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the: (1) intensity of desire or need (2) incentive ...
... factor that stimulates desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role on subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the: (1) intensity of desire or need (2) incentive ...
Brief Historical Perspective: Twentieth
... • For example, when depression is linked with the depletion of certain chemicals in the brain, reductionists assume that brain chemistry is the cause of depression. Copyright © Prentice Hall 2007 ...
... • For example, when depression is linked with the depletion of certain chemicals in the brain, reductionists assume that brain chemistry is the cause of depression. Copyright © Prentice Hall 2007 ...
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Assessment and Treatment of Pain
... This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. ...
... This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. ...
On Psychological Growth and Vulnerability - Self
... authenticity, and nondefensiveness, which in turn contributes to well-being (Kernis & Goldman, 2006). Herein, we suggest a positive cascading effect (Masten & Cicchetti, 2010) of need satisfactions. In line with these claims, dozens of studies have indicated that need-supportive environments, such a ...
... authenticity, and nondefensiveness, which in turn contributes to well-being (Kernis & Goldman, 2006). Herein, we suggest a positive cascading effect (Masten & Cicchetti, 2010) of need satisfactions. In line with these claims, dozens of studies have indicated that need-supportive environments, such a ...
AUTHORS` RESPONSE The Darker and Brighter Sides of Human
... According to TMT, everyone has death anxiety, presumably of the same magnitude, and thus there is a universal readiness to accept culture as a defense against the anxiety. Because the anxiety postulated by TMT is largely a nonconscious, existential anxiety, it is theorized to operate regardless of w ...
... According to TMT, everyone has death anxiety, presumably of the same magnitude, and thus there is a universal readiness to accept culture as a defense against the anxiety. Because the anxiety postulated by TMT is largely a nonconscious, existential anxiety, it is theorized to operate regardless of w ...
Cultivating Sympathy: Sophie Condorcet`s Letters on Sympathy
... this leads to a similar ability to sympathize with the physical pleasure felt by others. But physical pleasures are often more private than physical pain, giving less evidence through physical signs. For example, a grimace may signal pain, but a smile is less striking in the case of physical pleasu ...
... this leads to a similar ability to sympathize with the physical pleasure felt by others. But physical pleasures are often more private than physical pain, giving less evidence through physical signs. For example, a grimace may signal pain, but a smile is less striking in the case of physical pleasu ...
Marisa Mealy - Psychology - Central Connecticut State University
... contributing to improvements in intergroup relations. For example, interacting with an individual from a disadvantaged group, such as the disabled, may activate compassionate reactive empathy leading to a concern for the individual outgroup member, which may then generalize to the outgroup as a whol ...
... contributing to improvements in intergroup relations. For example, interacting with an individual from a disadvantaged group, such as the disabled, may activate compassionate reactive empathy leading to a concern for the individual outgroup member, which may then generalize to the outgroup as a whol ...
Prosocial Behavior and Empathy: Developmental Processes
... Mature empathy has a metacognitive dimension: one knows one’s feeling of distress results from another’s plight and how the other presumably feels. One thus has a sense of oneself and others as separate beings with independent inner states (that are only partly reflected in outward behavior), separat ...
... Mature empathy has a metacognitive dimension: one knows one’s feeling of distress results from another’s plight and how the other presumably feels. One thus has a sense of oneself and others as separate beings with independent inner states (that are only partly reflected in outward behavior), separat ...
Core Phenomenon: Chronic Pain
... the level of chronic pain reported by long-term care residents. The study claims that in order to manage pain, better pain assessment needs to be carried out. There were 21 participants in the study, all of whom suffered from chronic pain; their average age was 74.9 years old. At any time participan ...
... the level of chronic pain reported by long-term care residents. The study claims that in order to manage pain, better pain assessment needs to be carried out. There were 21 participants in the study, all of whom suffered from chronic pain; their average age was 74.9 years old. At any time participan ...
Jon Rick, Core Lecturer in Philosophy, Columbia University, June
... Last time, we reconstructed the argument for what I called (following John Rawls) ‘Hobbes’ Thesis’: a State of Nature inevitably amounts to a State of War. By connecting a series of fairly uncontroversial claims about human nature and about the world, Hobbes was able to argue in 13 that SoNSoW. The ...
... Last time, we reconstructed the argument for what I called (following John Rawls) ‘Hobbes’ Thesis’: a State of Nature inevitably amounts to a State of War. By connecting a series of fairly uncontroversial claims about human nature and about the world, Hobbes was able to argue in 13 that SoNSoW. The ...