Although people from East Asian countries consistently report lower self-esteem than do those from Western countries, the origins of this difference are unclear. We conducted two studies to illuminate this issue. Study 1 found that Chinese participants appraised themselves less positively than American participants on a cognitive measure of self-evaluations, but cultural differences were absent...

Abstract In 1527–1541, the Mac dynasty was at risk of invasion from its northern neighbor in China and had to fight consecutively with Revival Le Dai Viet. Therefore, relations China, during this period tried maintain peaceful avoid war between two sides. Owing return several former Chinese lands period, many people, especially historians medieval Vietnam, have condemned humility dynasty, borde...

In any theocratic and monotheistic system, the female image is represented as a sexual entity, reduced to its most material physical dimension, avoiding intellectual or psychological peculiarity. The objective of following article describe analyze categorization, without modesty, women according their aptitude and, for this, we focus on physiognomic text bequeathed by Syrian writer al-Shayzarī ...

Four experiments investigated the possibility that including self-assessments in applications for a promotion might produce an anchoring effect. Anchoring effects occur when information known to be unreliable or unrelated to a target variable still affect estimates of the target variable. Overall, the self-assessments produced a robust anchoring effect for both good and bad applications, when t...

Humility is a core psychological process theoretically marked by low self-focus, secure identity, and balanced awareness of strengths and weaknesses. We began with a consensual definition of humility before theoretically unpacking it. First, using 25 samples and 2,622 adults, we developed the Brief State Humility Scale, which demonstrates strong construct validity and good reliability, is sensi...

An overview of the traditional Hispanic family and male-female relationships is presented, with an emphasis on issues relevant to providing health care to Hispanic populations. Aspects of the family presented include visitation, decision making, self-care, and emotional problems. Male-female relationships stem from traditional gender roles. Machismo and patriarchal authority characterize the ma...

Among the many valuable contributions to medicine made by the Vienna School, the Encyclopaedia of Medicine edited by Professor Nothnagel takes a prominent place, and among the monographs it contains the present from the pen of the editor himself, is worthy of the reputation of its author who has been eminently successful iu giving what he aimed at a clear and ? comprehensive account of disease....

We were lately so completely taken in by a goodly volume bearing a title something similar to the one now before us, that it was not without some hesitation that we ventured upon the purchase and perusal of Dr. Clark's. We were indeed, somewhat reassured by the modesty of the title page, and the unpretending humbleness of the preface; but we have waxed too wise and sober on our critical Pharos ...