Under the guise of an experiment on the perception of emotional cues, 72 undergraduate female Ss observed a peer (victim) participating in a pairedassociate learning task. The victim, as a result of making the usual errors, appeared to receive severe and painful electric shocks (negative reinforcement). In describing the suffering victim after these observations, Ss rejected and devalued her wh...

In four studies, we report evidence that admiration affects intergroup behaviors that regulate social hierarchy. We demonstrate that manipulating the legitimacy of status relations affects admiration for the dominant and that this emotion negatively predicts political action tendencies aimed at social change. In addition, we show that greater warmth and competence lead to greater admiration for...

With an increasing focus on lone-wolf operations, al-Qaeda is becoming increasingly focussed on its internet discourses and propaganda. One of its most significant discourses is the importance of jihad and martyrdom in carrying out a terrorist attack. This study looks at Facebook pages and profiles and examines the discourses presented in relation to jihad and martyrdom. Three important concept...

Grigoris Lambrakis was a Greek politician, doctor, athlete, and faculty member of the Medical School of Athens University. As an athlete, Lambrakis held the Greek record for long jump for twenty-three years and he also won several gold medals in the Balkan Athletic Games. Lambrakis received an excellent medical education. As lecturer at the University of Athens, Lambrakis became a pioneer of Gy...

Saint Luke is the one commonly believed to be a patron saint of physicians. The less known are Cosmas and Damian, only twin physicians have been declared saints in Catholic Church. In Poland, we recently observing growing interest these twins. This mainly associated with return tradition Apothecary Feast, celebrated on September 26, day Cosmas’ Damian’s martyr death.

ghassan kanafani was the author, critic, poet, martyr and playwriter who studies human being issues by his stories. he condemns whatever causes palestine’s tragedy in his “men in the sun” novel. there is no waste and extra word or sentence in this novel and the author does not recourse slogan and his position is clear among his novel. in this novel the men can understand cruelty under the gover...