People often view themselves more favorably than others, displaying unrealistic optimism. In the present study, we investigated whether people perceive their reasons for eating as better than those of others. Furthermore, we investigated which mechanisms of inaccuracy might underlie a possible bias when perceiving why people eat what they eat. In Study 1, 117 participants rated the social desir...

Satire has long been used as a tool in social commentary and political communication, some cases this extended to about science its role policy. This is certainly the case for recent Adam McKay film, ‘Don't look up’, where an allegorical story comet heading Earth satirise current media response climate catastrophe. While film succeeds making point, how humour interacts with objectives of commun...

Drinking motives have a prominent role in cognitive models of adolescent and adult alcohol decision-making (Cooper, Russell, Skinner, & Windle, 1992; Cooper, 1994). The complementary construct of motivation not to drink has received less attention (Epler, Sher & Piasecki, 2009). We examined how abstinence motives interacted with drinking motives and alcohol expectancies to predict alcohol consu...

Recent research on young children's morality has stressed the autonomous and internal nature of children's moral motivation. However, this research has mostly focused on implicit moral motives, whereas children's explicit motives have not been investigated directly. This study examined children's explicit motives for why they want to engage in prosocial actions and avoid antisocial behavior. A ...

This study adapted and extended M. L. Cooper's (1994) Drinking Motives Measure to examine marijuana motives among 299 college students. An exploratory factor analysis supported the hypothesized 5-factor marijuana motives model, resulting in enhancement, conformity, expansion, coping, and social motives. Analyses supported the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the 5 marijuana motiv...

Little is known about adolescent boys' motives for dating, although stereotypical portrayals highlight a desire for sexual behavior. This issue was examined from a normative perspective that connected dating motives to intercourse motives, masculinity, and dating and sexual behaviors. Data from 105 racially and economically diverse 10th-grade boys were analyzed. Results indicated that the most ...

We construct and study a triangulated category of motives with modulus $\mathbf{MDM}_{\mathrm{gm}}^{\mathrm{eff}}$ over field $k$ that extends Voevodsky's $\mathbf{DM}_{\mathrm{gm}}^{\mathrm{eff}}$ in such way as to encompass non-homotopy invariant phenomena. In similar is constructed out smooth $k$-varieties, proper pairs, introduced Part I this work. To pair we associate its motive $\mathbf{M...

Introduction to “Parody, Irony and Satire: Literary Approaches Rewriting Subverting Reality”