on the verge of the constitutionalist revolution in iran, the three social forces existing in the socio-political arena were competing with each other and at the same time, struggling with the monarchy to increase their share of power: independent intellectuals, traditional followers of religion, and merchants. this rivalry set the scene for a discursive battle in which, each social force was t...

Through her literary works, Nicaraguan poet, author, and revolutionary Gioconda Belli employs graphic images of sex and the female body in an effort to empower women and stir up a revolution against inequality in the realms of sexuality, reproductive health, and politics. A woman who is highly in tune with her sexual needs, Belli has an inclination toward eroticism in her writing, which she use...

social institutions have not changed equally, completely and simultaneously under the impact of modernization process. different levels of the family construction have been formed disharmoniously with social changes. that is why we are witnessing incompatible coactions among a some parts of traditional family norms on one side, and the values arisen from modernization. so that in some cases thi...

The current paper explores the possibilities of an improvement of the interaction of an ACT-R actor with its environment including other actors. This is done in the framework of a project aiming at a multi-actor simulation environment based on the ACT-R architecture. Two objections against traditional cognitive architectures like Soar and ACT-R, namely the lack of physical grounding and the lac...

As a social species, humans have a fundamental need to belong that encourages behaviors consistent with being a good group member. Being a good group member requires the capacity for self-regulation, which allows people to alter or inhibit behaviors that would place them at risk for group exclusion. Self-regulation requires four psychological components. First, people need to be aware of their ...

This research investigated the influence of smoking attitudes and norms on quitting intentions in two predominantly collectivistic countries (Malaysia and Thailand) and four predominantly individualistic Western countries (Canada, USA, UK and Australia). Data from the International Tobacco Control Project (N = 13,062) revealed that higher odds of intending to quit were associated with negative ...