Cultural appropriation and aesthetic normativity

Philosophical Studies - Is it ever aesthetically permissible to engage in acts of cultural appropriation? This paper shows how recent work on aesthetic normativity can help answer this question....     

The lie scale as a predictor of placebo response

Patients engaged in a trial of mepriprazole on the irritable bowel syndromewere administered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Symptom Rating Test. It was hypothesized that high Lie scorers—‘lacking in insight’—would respond to treatment. There was little difference between the active drug and placebo but the results indicated that it was the low Lie scorers who showed improvement, and are interpreted in terms of a repression-sensitization dichotomy.     

Estimation of a correlation coefficient from an uncertainty measure

In this paper graphs are given for estimating a correlation _XY from a double-entry table. 2H _r , twice the statisticH _r , relative uncertainty (the average of the ratios of the conditional uncertainty of each variable to its uncertainty) was computed. Mean 2H _r 's were computed from 100 samples for each of several sample sizes and numbers of categories. Graphs relating mean 2H _r to , the estimated correlation, for 3–17 categories to each variable and 3 sample sizes—50, 100, and 500—were constructed. 2.5 per cent and 97.5 per cent fiducial limits curves were constructed for establishing confidence limits on _XY and .The research reported in this paper was conducted by personnel of the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Further reproduction is authorized to satisfy the needs of the U. S. Government. This paper has been identified by the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories as AMRL-TR-66-54.     

Use of a structured investigative protocol enhances the quality of investigative interviews with alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Britain

One hundred alleged victims of child sexual abuse (aged 4–13; M = 9.3 years) were interviewed by police investigators about their alleged experiences. Half of the children were interviewed using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) structured interview Protocol, whereas the other children, matched with respect to their age, relationship with the alleged perpetrator, and seriousness of the alleged offenses, were interviewed by investigators following the Memorandum of Good Practice. Protocol‐guided interviews elicited more information using free‐recall invitations and less information using directive, option‐posing and suggestive questions than did standard Memorandum interviews. There were no age differences in the proportion of total information provided in response to open‐ended invitations in either condition, but there was a significant increase with age in the proportion of central information provided in response to open‐ended invitations. Published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Intuitions and introspections about imagery: the role of imagery experience in shaping an investigator's theoretical views

Early in a scientific debate, before much evidence has accumulated, why are some scientists inclined toward one position and other scientists toward the opposite position? We explore this issue with a focus on scientists' views of the ‘imagery debate’ that unfolded in Cognitive Science during the late 1970s and early 1980s. We examine the possibility that, during the early years of this debate, researchers' views were shaped by their own conscious experiences with imagery. Consistent with this suggestion, a survey of 150 psychologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists showed that those who experienced their own visual imagery as vivid and picture‐like recall being more sympathetic in 1980 to the view that, in general, images are picture‐like. Similarly, those who have vivid images and who regularly use their images in cognition were more inclined to believe that issues of image vividness deserve more research. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Picking Up the Gauntlet: How Individuals Respond to Status Challenges

How do people respond to status challenges? We suggest that responses depend on the relative status and genders of challenger and target. These variables affect appraisals about the status challenge (operationally defined as an act of incivility) and likely outcomes of various responses, and those appraisals proximately determine responses. Studies 1 and 2 show that male gender and high status were associated with more aggressive responses, whereas female gender and low status were associated with more avoidant responses. Study 3 shows that men's and women's responses were not perfectly antithetical: Men showed the greatest resistance toward peers, which may reflect greater sensitivity to status contests among men. Perceived legitimacy of challengers' actions and consequences affect the status–gender–response relationships.     

United we stand,divided we fall: the early Nietzsche on the struggle for organisation

According to Nietzsche, both modern individuals and societies are pathologically fragmented. In this paper, I examine how he proposes we combat this affliction in his Untimely Meditations. I argue that he advocates a dual struggle involving both instrumental domination and eradication. On these grounds, I claim the following: 1. pace a growing number of commentators, we cannot categorise the species of conflict he endorses in the Untimely Meditations as agonistic; and 2. this conflict is better understood as analogous to the species of struggle that Schopenhauer describes in his account of purposive organisation.     

Creating Flexible Careers: Some Observations on a 'Bridge' Programme for Unemployed Professionals

Redundancy among qualified people is a continuing problem. Those affected can be helped by group programmes providing both career guidance and training in job-getting skills. Re-employment rates are high, regardless of age, gender, and ethnic origin. The long-term unemployed also respond well to this type of programme. An important factor in re-employment is the ability to change occupation in mid-career, which is dependent upon confidence rather than qualifications or mental skills. Confidence-building by means of social support is suggested as the primary objective and particular competence of group programmes. An opportunity for future development is the provision of language training for members of ethnic minorities.