This study set out to investigate in which type of media individuals are more likely to tell self-serving and other-oriented lies, and whether this varied according to the recipient of the lie. One hundred and fifty participants rated on a likert-point scale how likely they would tell a lie. Participants were more likely to tell self-serving lies to people not well-known to them. They were more...

This research examines the opposing theories that high self–esteem is responsible for aggression and that low self–esteem is responsible for aggression. Our findings suggest that both theories may be correct. Targets’ self–esteem and self–reported physical aggression were assessed; additionally, targets’ roommates reported their esteem for the target. In support of both theories, self–esteem wa...

Underlying orthodox evidence theory is a number of epistemological assumptions about the ability of reason to deliver true descriptions which accurately describe and correspond to the ‘real’ world. Drawing extensively on both traditional philosophical and contemporary, particularly postmodernist, scepticism this article provides a detailed critique of realist epistemological assumptions about r...

Greater levels of conscientiousness have been associated with lower levels of negative affect. We focus on one mechanism through which conscientiousness may decrease negative affect: effective emotion regulation, as reflected by greater recovery from negative stimuli. In 273 adults who were 35–85 years old, we collected self-report measures of personality including conscientiousness and its sel...

The article argues that there is a central problem with the concept of public philosophy, in that philosophy is partly defined by questioning reflection on its own sense, while public or popular culture characteristically relies unreflectively on its ultimate givens, and these are mutually exclusive modes of thought. The article proposes, however, that because of philosophy’s reflection on and ...

Unlike most research, which has primarily examined the players’ interest in or attitude toward game-based learning through questionnaires, the purpose of this empirical study is to explore students’ engagement patterns by qualitative observation and sequential analysis to visualize and better understand their game-based learning process. We studied the sequential behaviors of 34 students (17 ma...

Based on the theoretical lens of multiple commitments and prior research on electronic word-ofmouth (eWOM), this study develops a research model to investigate the antecedents of users’ continuance intention to contribute eWOM in online opinion platforms. Specially, this study investigates the mediating roles of multiple commitments namely, affective commitment, calculative commitment and norma...

Is viewing oneself as a unique individual, in itself, an inherently political action?

More complex forms of behavior which suggest the freedom of choice were made possible with the appearance of a subjective state, which provides a strategy of activity under constantly varying conditions. A further evolutionary process could not be realized without the development of a subjective self-perception and perception of the surrounding world. A subjective evaluation of the environment ...