Implementation intentions facilitate accomplishment of near future (but not distant future) goals

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Z. Naufel ◽  
Denise R. Beike
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Intentions ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Near Future

Divergent theories, converging evidence: The constructional semantics of competing future constructions

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-114
Author(s):  
Stefan Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Future Events ◽  
The One ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Abstract This paper investigates the alternation between two competing German future constructions, the werden + Infinitive construction and the futurate present, from a usage-based perspective. Two lines of evidence are combined: On the one hand, a pilot corpus study indicates that werden + Infinitive is more likely to be used for referring to distant-future events than to near-future events. However, syntactic factors seem to be at least as decisive as semantic ones for speakers’ choice between the two constructions. On the other hand, an experimental study taps into language users’ interpretation of sentences framed in one of the two constructions. It can be shown that the grammatical framing does not significantly affect participants’ estimates of the temporal distance of the events to which the stimuli sentences refer. This suggests that the meaning differences between the two constructions be more nuanced, e.g. pertaining to discourse-pragmatic functions.

Distant time, distant gesture: speech and gesture correlate to express temporal distance

Semiotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Alcaraz Carrión ◽  
Javier Valenzuela
Keyword(s):  
Television News ◽  
Space Time ◽  
The Body ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Axis Direction ◽  
Spatial Properties ◽  
Multimodal Corpus ◽  
Future Data ◽  
Near Future

Abstract This study investigates whether there is a relation between the semantics of linguistic expressions that indicate temporal distance and the spatial properties of their co-speech gestures. To this date, research on time gestures has focused on features such as gesture axis, direction, and shape. Here we focus on a gesture property that has been overlooked so far: the distance of the gesture in relation to the body. To achieve this, we investigate two types of temporal linguistic expressions are addressed: proximal (e.g., near future, near past) and distal (e.g., distant past, distant future). Data was obtained through the NewsScape library, a multimodal corpus of television news. A total of 121 co-speech gestures were collected and divided into the two categories. The gestures were later annotated in terms of gesture space and classified in three categories: (i) center, (ii) periphery, and (iii) extreme periphery. Our results suggest that gesture and language are coherent in the expression of temporal distance: when speakers locate an event far from them, they tend to gesture further from their body; similarly, when locating an event close to them, they gesture closer to their body. These results thus reveal how co-speech gestures also reflect a space-time mapping in the dimension of distance.

Let's play with emojis! How to make emojis more effective in social media advertising using promocodes and temporal orientation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Huang ◽  
Mohammad Shahidul Kader ◽  
Seeun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Construal Level ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Media Advertising ◽  
Near Future

PurposeThe authors aim to examine how the construal level, either as an individual temporal orientation or temporal distance of promotion, moderates the effects of emojis' emotional intensity on consumers' purchase intentions in social media advertising.Design/methodology/approachTwo experiments are used to test four hypotheses.FindingsThe results of two experimental studies show that present-oriented participants reveal greater purchase intentions when low (vs high) emotionally intense emojis are embedded in a social media ad; but future-oriented consumers showed no difference when viewing ads with the two different emojis. In Study 2, participants indicate greater purchase intentions when a social media ad includes a distant-future promocode and high (vs low) emotionally intense emojis and an ad with a near-future promocode and low (vs high) emotionally intense emojis.Originality/valueThe current study advances our understanding how emojis with different emotional intensities can be effectively used in social media ads. This study also provides theoretical implications to construal level theory (CLT) by examining how emojis interact with construal level, either as a chronic tendency or simulated by psychological distance, can influence consumer response.

scholarly journals  Expected impacts of climate change on forests: Czech Republic as a case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 422-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hlásny ◽  
J. Holuša ◽  
ŠtěpánekP ◽  
TurčániM ◽  
SitkováZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Forest Vegetation ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Vegetation Season ◽  
Fundamental Information ◽  
Near Future

  We provide fundamental information about the future development of selected climate elements in relation to anticipated threat to forests in the Czech Republic. All analyses were carried out in relation to four elevation zones with specific potential forest vegetation – up to 350 m a.s.l. (oak dominance), 350–600 m a.s.l. (beech dominance), 600–900 m a.s.l. (beech-fir dominance), 900–1,100 m a.s.l. (spruce dominance). We found out that while the projected increase in mean annual air temperature is almost constant over the Czech Republic (+3.25–3.5°C in the distant future), the frequency of heat spells at lower elevations is expected to increase dramatically compared to higher elevations. The precipitation totals during the vegetation season are projected to increase in the near future by up to 10% and to decrease in the distant future by up to 10% over all vegetation zones. In general, drought is presumed to become a key limiting factor at lower elevations, while increased temperature along with the prolonged vegetation season at higher elevations can be beneficial to forest vegetation. Consequently, northward progression of forest tree species and retraction of the species lower distribution range are a generic response pattern. Such impacts are presumed to be accompanied by changes in the distribution and population dynamics of pests and pathogens. Mainly the impacts on two key forest pests, Ips typographus and Lymantria dispar, are discussed.  

scholarly journals Geographical variability of sprucebark beetle development under climate change in the Czech Republic

2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 242-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hlásny ◽  
L. Zajíčková ◽  
M. Turčáni ◽  
J. Holuša ◽  
Z. Sitková
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Bark Beetle ◽  
Ips Typographus ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Spruce Bark Beetle ◽  
Spruce Bark ◽  
Generation Regime ◽  
Near Future

Climate change is expected to influence the distribution and population dynamics of many insect pests, with potential severe impacts on forests. Spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) (Col.: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is the most important forest insect pest in Europe whose development is strictly regulated by air temperature. Therefore, climate change is anticipated to induce changes in the pest's distribution and development. We used the PHENIPS model to evaluate climate change impacts on the distribution and voltinism of spruce bark beetle in the Czech Republic. Two future time periods – 2025–2050 (near future) and 2075–2100 (distant future) – are addressed. The period 1961–1990 is used as the reference. We found that while a two-generation regime dominated in the Czech Republic in the reference period, significant three-generation regime regions are projected to appear in the near future. In the distant future, the three-generation regime can be expected to occur over all existing coniferous stands in the Czech Republic. The analysis of altitudinal shift of n-generation regime regions indicates noticeable expansion of Ips typographus development to higher elevations, leading for example to disappearance of one-generation regime regions in the distant future. Uncertainties and limitations of the presented findings are discussed as well.

scholarly journals Valorisation économique des différentes prestations de la forêt: entre espoir et réalisme (essai) | The commercialization of services provided by the forest: between hopes and reality (essay)

2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (8) ◽  
pp. 235-238
Author(s):  
Patrice Eschmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Very High

The value of environmental services provided by the forest is enormous, and is likely to increase in the future. Very high figures are quoted by researchers. The sums involved have led forest owners and forest practitioners alike to hope that in the end non-wood products and services provided by the forest could begin to bring some returns into the forestry accounts. Many arguments can, however, be brought to speak against this idea. Taking into account the socio-economic characteristics of the country, its traditions and the legal bases for these, any benefits from the public services provided by the forest are likely to continue to evade Swiss forest owners in the near future. In spite of this fact, in the more distant future, a payment for these public services could presumably be shown to be profitable to all concerned.

Hitting Net-Zero Without Stopping Flying: Increasing Air Travelers’ Likelihood to Opt-in to Voluntary Carbon Offsetting

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110576
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Qiqi Jiang ◽  
Rob Gleasure
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Online Experiments ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
Near Future

Voluntary carbon offset (VCO) programs give air travelers opportunities to neutralize their carbon footprint. Despite its potential, few existing studies have explained how to present VCOs that can effectively appeal to the sensibilities of travelers in different conditions. We designed three online experiments with strategies to motivate travelers to opt-in. We found travelers who receive concrete messages that emphasize specific actions are more likely to opt-in to VCOs when flying in the near future. In contrast, travelers receiving abstract messages that emphasize general initiatives are more likely to opt-in to VCOs when flying in the distant future. When travelers are allowed to choose their preferred carbon offset method, they are more likely to opt in, especially when they receive concrete messages that indicate specific actions but not general initiatives. These findings contribute to the aviation carbon offset literature and offer useful new insights for airline companies.

THE VALUE COMPLEXES OF LEGAL AWARENESS IN CONTEXT OF NEW CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIAN SOCIETY

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Andrey N. Kuriukin
Keyword(s):  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Legal Development ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Modern Russian

Considering the question of the reaction of the value complexes of the modern Russian legal consciousness to the challenges and threats that modern Russian society has already encountered or will face in the foreseeable and not too distant future, the author starts from Arnold Toynbee's Challenges and Answers theory. Further, analyzing the Russian legal conscience itself, he is concluded that its structure can be objectively distinguished as the traditional (pre-revolutionary) component, Soviet and post-Soviet components too. They correspond to specific value complexes. With their domination in the minds of an individual, group or stratum, they determine their perception of major legal phenomena, the assessment of socio-legal processes and, naturally, one or another type of lawful or illegal behavior. Based on this, it is they who, obviously, will determine the social and legal perception of the challenges and threats that modern Russian society will have to face in the near future, and, naturally, the reaction to them. The article can be used to improve the state social and legal policy of the Russian Federation. Also, the materials presented can provide the interest of students, graduate students, teachers, researchers and other people who are interested in the current social, political and legal development of Russia.

scholarly journals Future Time Perspective and Reduction in Motivation for Recreation Department Students in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Umit Dogan Ustun
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Package Program

The aim of this study was to explore future time perspective and the reduction in motivation among recreation department students in Turkey. A cross-sectional method was used in the study. The study sample consisted of 258 recreation department students from two different universities. In order to collect data, Turkish versions of Husman and Shell (2008)’s “Future Time Perspective Scale” and Beck, Weissman, Lester, and Trexler (1974)’s “Hopelessness Scale” were used. To evaluate data, the SPSS for Windows 20 package program was used. To analyze the differences between participants’ future time perspective and the reduction in motivation, MANOVA and independent samples t-tests were used. Additionally, the Pearson correlation was used to identify correlations. As a result, it can be said that reduction in the motivation forms a barrier to the attainment of future goals and to valuing them. Consequently, reduction in motivation prevents students from achieving distant future goals.

Immigration and the Democratic Stability Argument

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltan Miklosi
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Moral Reasons ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Empirical Estimates ◽  
The Future ◽  
Complete Rejection ◽  
Democratic Stability ◽  
Near Future

AbstractAccording to the Democratic Stability Argument, since currently existing democratic states are overwhelmingly likely to play a leading role in the establishment of a just cosmopolitan order, should one ever be established, there are moral reasons to take measures that are necessary to preserve the adequate functioning of these states. If large-scale immigration can undermine their adequate functioning, then immigration restrictions are justified even from a cosmopolitan perspective, under non-ideal conditions. This paper argues that this argument may not succeed in justifying immigration restrictions under current conditions. Properly understood, the problem involves the competing claims of current poor admission-seekers and of the global poorest at some point in the future, i. e. the earliest feasible date of the establishment of the cosmopolitan order. The paper invokes normative arguments suggesting that the claims of the poorest in the distant future do not have lexical priority as a matter of principle. It also argues that available empirical estimates imply that the claims of admission-seekers in the present and near future potentially outcompete the claims of the poorest in the distant future. These considerations point towards a specification of the Democratic Stability Argument rather than to its complete rejection.

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