When political candidates “go positive”: the effects of flattering the rival in political communication

In the field of political communication, the effects of negative propaganda strategies have been long studied. In the current work, I investigated the perceived and actual persuasiveness of an unexplored positive propaganda strategy, i.e., addressing a flattery to the rival in a political speech. In a 2 × 2 full-factorial design experiment, a fictitious candidate (a man or a woman) flattered, or did not flatter, an opponent in a political speech. Results showed that when the candidate flattered a rival s/he influenced the likelihood of being voted through source trustworthiness evaluation, irrespective of the candidate’s gender. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.     

钱穆与中国古史考辨

2 0世纪初实证史学思潮勃然兴起 ,生于潮流中的钱穆以擅长考证见称于世 ,在 2 0世纪实证史学领域占有重要一席。所著《刘向歆父子年谱》、《先秦诸子系年》为其考据成就的代表之作。对先秦学术系统的清理 ,对于中国学术走出经学时代 ,均有重要意义     

Helping families when child sexual abuse is suspected but not proven

This paper reports from a project investigating reactions within families when intra‐familial child sexual abuse was suspected, and family members’ responses to a therapeutic approach. Data were obtained from therapeutic sessions and follow‐up interviews with mothers, children and alleged perpetrators. Before treatment the mothers felt uncertain as to how to interpret the children’s unclear signs. The children had severe symptoms, but had seldom disclosed abuse. The alleged perpetrators were often not informed about the suspicions. The families were in a state of crisis and shock, and communication within the family was characterized by uncertainty about what to talk about and whether the suspicions should be shared. In most cases after treatment the conflicts had been reduced, the children had few symptoms, supervised contact had been established, and the clients were satisfied with the treatment. One conclusion is that therapeutic sessions, where family members share information about concerns and take part in the decisions of how to protect children, seem relevant and helpful to the clients in unclear abuse cases.     

洪宪帝制前袁世凯与部属的关系--兼论袁世凯的用人术

袁世凯知人善用,礼贤下士,不拘一格地提拔和笼络了一批政治、经济、军事、外交方面的人才,使之成为自己的部属,辅佐其统治。但实质上他用人是以利益关系为转移的,靠金钱利诱和个人交情等手段来笼络,一旦其部属与其利益不一致或危及到他的利益,就对部属行排挤和猜忌之术,而不管以前他们之间的关系是多么密切和融洽。袁世凯的用人术有开明的一面,同时又有浓厚的狭隘性。由此还可以透视出袁世凯集团的团结是基于一种纯利益关系,袁世凯集团最终分裂亦肇因于此。     

祖冲之科学精神刍论

中国古代科学家祖冲之的科学成就背后蕴涵着宝贵的科学精神 ,主要包括 :锲而不舍、钻研继承的求知精神 ;求真求实、理性批判的怀疑精神 ;开拓变革、超越前人的创新精神 ;接受评判、维护科学的奋斗精神。但他在科学精神的其它方面也存在着一些局限     

Timing it right: Suspicious students,family bonds and becoming a woman in Quito,Ecuador

To improve access to education in Ecuador, state actors encourage parents and youth to think of girls’ emotional bonds to family as potential barriers to schooling. High schoolgirls and their mothers respond by synchronising their institutional and family responsibilities with the emotional norms of age grades such as ‘student youth’ and ‘mother’. Girls dedicated to embodying national progress find themselves trying to delay strong emotional commitments to family until after they have completed their schooling. Examining their construction as emotional suspects reveals the stakes of age expectations for female citizens in Ecuador.     

论朱熹辨《书》与其"既疑且信"

朱熹从文气辞制、文体风格、文献传流及文本内容等方面,对<尚书>孔<传>、大小<序>及其文本进行疑辨.其辨<书>具有"既疑且信"的鲜明特点,并突出体现在<大禹谟>问题上,这是由其思想体系所决定的.这种基于深刻思想背景的疑辨工作,时后世辨伪学及思想史具有重要影响.     

论加缪文学作品中的蔑视荒诞

加缪在其文学作品中,描写了人对荒诞的主观蔑视态度。这种主观蔑视态度的个体生命价值取向,表现了对西方历史理性主义价值观的颠覆性怀疑意识,随着这种怀疑意识的深化,问题的思考会逐步扩展到许多方面,比如再也不相信上帝的关怀、未来的幸福、历史的憧憬等等。     

Respondent hazards in the unrelated question randomized response model

The randomized response technique is a method of interviewing which allows estimation of population proportion or mean of a sensitive characteristic while maintaining anonymity of response. This is accomplished by use of two questions in the interview, one sensitive and one not so, with the respondent applying a random device to determine which question to answer. The statistician knows the parameters of the random device but is kept from knowledge of individual outcomes. When the nonsensitive question bears on a matter quite foreign to the sensitive characteristic, it is termed an unrelated question, and the associated technique carries that designation. Critical in the construction of such a model are the assigned probability p that the respondent will select the sensitive question and the proportion Π_y of the population having the unrelated nonsensitive characteristic. The choice of these parameters is discussed herein with reference to the risks perceived by respondents.     

贺双卿考辨

本文对胡适怀疑贺双卿存在的五点“可疑”逐一进行了驳正 ,并就史震林《西青散记》所述时间地名人物的真实性、双卿词与他人词的比较、史震林之外的文人学士对双卿其人其词的关注和敬重、丹阳贺姓书香门第的家学渊源、《丹阳县志》与《金坛县志》的确凿记载 ,以及历代文学媒体的认可等方面进行了较为翔实的考辨 ,确认 :贺双卿并非史震林虚构的人物 ,而是实有其人