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The Ship of Theseus Puzzle [PDF]

, 2020
Does the Ship of Theseus present a genuine puzzle about persistence due to conflicting intuitions based on “continuity of form” and “continuity of matter” pulling in opposite directions? Philosophers are divided.
Alai, Mario, Angelucci, Adriano, Berniūnas, Renatas, Chatterjee, Amita, Cheon, Hyundeuk, Cho, In-Rae, Cohnitz, Daniel, Cova, Florian, Dranseika, Vilius, E. Buchtel, Emma, Ghadakpour, Laleh, Grinberg, Maurice, Hannikainen, Ivar, Hashimoto, Takaaki, Horowitz, Amir, Hristova, Evgeniya, Jraissati, Yasmina, Kadreva, Veselina, Karasawa, Kaori, Kim, Hackjin, Kim, Yeonjeong, Lagos, Angeles Eraña, Lee, Min-Woo, Machery, Edouard, Mauro, Carlos, Mizumoto, Masaharu, Moruzzi, Sebastiano, Ornelas, Jorge, Osimani, Barbara, Romero, Carlos, Rosas, Alejandro, Rose, David, Sangoi, Massimo, Sereni, Andrea, Songhorian, Sarah, Sousa, Paulo, Stich, Stephen, Struchiner, Noel, Tripodi, Vera, Usui, Naoki, Volpe, Giorgio, Vosgerichian, Hrag A., Vázquez Del Mercado, Alejandro Vázquez Del, Y. Olivola, Christopher, Zhang, Xueyi, Zhu, Jing   +45 more
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The unheard ‘scandal’: Covid‐19 vaccine‐injured people's perceptions of the national redress scheme and trust in the government in the United Kingdom

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines 218 Covid‐19 vaccine‐injured people's experiences of the process of seeking redress from the UK Government's Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). Moreover, it engages with the wider topic of how we can understand the government(s)’ role in dealing with an ‘emergency’ (the Covid‐19 pandemic) and the consequent (global ...
FANNI GYURKO, SONIA MACLEOD
wiley   +1 more source

On the Interplay of Motivational Characteristics and Academic Achievement: The Role of Need for Cognition

AERA Open
While intelligence and motivational variables are well-established predictors of academic achievement, Need for Cognition (NFC), the stable intrinsic motivation to engage in and enjoy challenging intellectual activity, has not yet been considered ...
Anja Strobel, Alexander Strobel, Franzis Preckel, Ricarda Steinmayr   +3 more
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Reassessing the integrated model of advice-giving in supportive interactions: the moderating roles of need for cognition and communication styles

Social Influence, 2019
The present study reassessed the effectiveness of the Integrated Model of Advice-giving with participants of varying levels of need for cognition (NFC) and different communication styles (high- and low-context communication styles). Participants (N = 828)
Ildo Kim, Bo Feng, JooYoung Jang, Bingqing Wang   +3 more
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When need for closure leads to positive attitudes towards a negatively stereotyped outgroup [PDF]

, 2014
The study examined the relationship between epistemic motivation, which is the need for closure (NFC), and positive attitudes towards a negatively stereotyped outgroup (i.e., Gypsies).
Bukowski, Marcin, Dragon, Piotr, Kossowska, Małgorzata   +2 more
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The psychology of political attitudinal volatility

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The assumption that political beliefs are formed by early‐life socialization and psychological predispositions, leading to stability in adulthood, increasingly acts as a theoretical cornerstone in the literature. However, politics is replete with examples of attitudinal change; this article proposes that certain stable psychological ...
James Dennison
wiley   +1 more source

Consumptive News Feed Curation on Social Media: A Moderated Mediation Model of News Interest, Affordance Utilization, and Friending

International Journal of Communication, 2022
This study analyzed a survey sample from China and investigated how (1) news interest, (2) affordance utilization, and (3) friending were associated with consumptive news feed curation (CNFC), a practice of selective exposure, as well as the ways in ...
Yan Su, Xizhu Xiao, Porismita Borah, Xin Hong, Chang Sun   +4 more
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Attitudes Towards Internationalism Through the Lens of Cognitive Effort, Global Mindset, and Cultural Intelligence [PDF]

, 2014
In the current study we examine attitudes towards internationalism through the lens of a specific set of constructs necessary in defining an effective global leader.
Platania, Judith, Romano, Joan
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When sales managers prioritize their own interests against company goal [PDF]

, 2017
La historia evolutiva ha demostrado que los líderes han desempeñado un papel fundamental dentro de las comunidades humanas que les han permitido alcanzar metas imposibles.
Huertas-García, Rubén, Kangarlou, Behnoush, Rondán Cataluña, Francisco Javier (Coordinador)   +2 more
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When Being in the Minority Feels Threatening: Social Identity and the Reinforcement of Anti‐Vaccination Attitudes

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present research aims to contribute to the understanding of anti‐vaccination attitudes. We do this by analyzing the role of social identity and intergroup threat. Drawing on intergroup threat theory, we hypothesize that being informed that the general population is positive toward vaccines may be perceived as threatening to individuals ...
Emma A. Renström, Hanna Bäck, Amanda Remsö   +2 more
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