scholarly journals ЗЛО СИЛЬНЕЕ ДОБРА, ЕСЛИ ДОБРО ВАЖНЕЕ ИСТИНЫ: ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВА И СЛЕДСТВИЯ

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-119
Author(s):  
Leonid Levit
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
Positive Traits ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Experimental Researches ◽  
Practical Recommendations

В статье исследуется соотношение трёх главных человеческих ценностей – истины, добра и кра­соты. Критический анализ известных философских положений проводится с использованием результатов, полученных в современных экспериментальных исследованиях. В частности, обсуждается противоречие между требованием о приоритете истины перед добром в ситуации конфликта между этими ценностями и воздействием позитивных иллюзий, выявленных современной нейронаукой и свойственных функцио­ни­ро­ванию человеческого мозга. Так, широко распространен эффект «ложной уникальности», при котором че­ловек переоценивает собственные (точнее, высоко желаемые) позитивные качества и недооценивает нега­тивные. Массовая приверженность индивидов заблуждениям относительно величины своего внутреннего по­тенциала, наличия глубоко скрытых ресурсов в сочетании со стремлением поддержать высокую само­оцен­ку ведут к искажению проводимых социальных сравнений. Автор доказывает, что придание добру боль­шей значимости в сравнении с истиной неминуемо ведёт к последующей победе зла над добром. По­добное происходит в связи с большей доступностью и привлекательностью «неистинного» добра перед «ис­тинным». Главное преимущество опоры на истину заключается в её умении распознавать и отделять дол­го­вре­менные разновидности добра от его краткосрочных (как правило, гедонистически ориен­ти­ро­ванных) вариантов, нередко оборачивающихся злом в более отдалённой перспективе. Настоящее (истин­ное) добро, как правило, требует приложения первоначальных усилий, однако приносит пользу в течение длительного времени и оборачивается другими полезными эффектами. В конце статьи приводятся практические рекомендации, а также личный опыт автора, позволяющие информированному индивиду организовать собственное мышление и поведение с учётом выявленных закономерностей.     The article investigates the ratio between the main three human values – the truth, the good and the beauty. The analysis of the well-known philosophical postulates is conducted with the help of the results obtained in modern experimental researches. In particular, the author discusses the contradiction between the demand of the truth priority if the latter gets in conflict with the good, and the influence of the positive illusions, discovered by modern neuroscience and peculiar to human brain functioning. Thus the wide-spread effect of false uniqueness makes a person to overestimate her own (in fact highly wished) positive traits of character and underestimate negative ones. Mass proneness to the beliefs about individual inner potential and deeply seated resources combined with the desire of high self-esteem lead to the wrong social comparisons. The author of the paper proves that the priority of the good in comparison with the truth inevitably causes the situation, in which the evil defeats the good. This occurs because the untrue good is more easily achieved and utilized than the true good. On the contrary, the main advantage of the priority of the truth is the ability to discern and make distinctions between long-term forms of the good and its short-term (as a rule, hedonistically oriented) variants, which often turn to evil in the future perspective. As a rule, the genuine (true) good demands some efforts from an individual at first, but brings benefits and numerous useful effects for much longer periods of time. At the end of the paper, the author gives practical recommendations and shares his personal experience, which can help the informed individual to organize his own thinking and behavior with the help of the discovered regularities.

Upward Persistence and Downward Desistence: Some Reactions to Social-Comparison Deprivation after a Threat

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
Nicolas Michinov ◽  
Louis Bavent
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Improvement Strategy ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Upward Comparison ◽  
Downward Comparison ◽  
Self Protection

Laboratory and field research has shown that people prefer either downward or upward comparison after a threatening experience. Downward comparison is generally used to protect self-esteem immediately after a threat. It can be regarded as a short-term self-protection strategy. Upward comparison is often used to see whether it is possible to improve a situation by finding similarities with more fortunate people. It can be regarded as a long-term self-improvement strategy. It was assumed here that deprivation of downward and upward comparison after a threat would generate different degrees of interest and persistence in making social comparisons. More specifically, we expected social comparison persistence to be greater after upward-comparison deprivation than after downward-comparison deprivation or no deprivation at all, especially with superior others. The results of two studies supported our predictions and are discussed in several theoretical frameworks.

Health Cognitions, Decision-Making, and Behavior

2019 ◽  
pp. 527-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. P. Klein ◽  
Elise L. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Health Cognitions

Social comparison processes exert a ubiquitous influence on people’s thoughts, decisions, and behaviors related to their health. Moreover, many comparative perceptions (e.g., perceived personal risk, estimation of social norms) are miscalibrated with reality. The way in which people compare themselves with others on a wide variety of dimensions can have important implications for their long-term health, and health communications may be more influential to the extent that they heed people’s interest in social comparisons and acknowledge the role of biases in these comparisons. This chapter reviews the various influences that social comparisons can have on health outcomes, with a particular focus on health cognitions, decision-making, and behavior.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

Ixekizumab in the Management of Non-Selected Out Patients with Moderate to Severe Psoriasis -New Data and Personal Clinical Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Therapeutic Response ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Severe Psoriasis ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Scalp Psoriasis ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Genital Psoriasis

Introduction: Too many patients with moderate to severe psoriasis do not receive adequate treatment. This means a vast undersupply in the treatment of patients with psoriasis. Only biologics fulfill the whole range of the treatment of psoriasis – psoriasis does not affect only skin but the whole organism: It is a systemic disease! Between the biologics are evident differences concerning the effect. Discussion: Based on broad personal experience in the management of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis new data from clinical studies with ixekizumab are examined. This contains new data on long-term-efficacy of ixekizumab, effectiveness in special localizations (scalp psoriasis, nail psoriasis, palmoplantar psoriasis, genital psoriasis) as well as safely data and experience on patients switched to ixekizumab from other biologics. Personal clinical experience is based on >300 non-selected outpatients with moderate to severe psoriasis, >250 patients on biological therapies, > 50 patients with ixekizumab. Conclusions: Focusing on a relevant number of patients switched from secukinumab to ixekizumab due to first or secondary loss of efficacy significant differences between both IL-17A-inhibitors mainly in terms of efficacy and speed of therapeutic response are shown. Finally the correlation between PASI-90-/PASI-100 response and significant changes in DLQI are highlighted.

Mattson, Higbee, Aguilar, Nichols, Campbell, Nix, Reinert, Peck, and Lewis-Digital Materials Tutorial BAP

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Higbee
Keyword(s):  
Current Paper ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Practical Recommendations

BCBAs may encounter situations, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, that preclude them from providing traditional in-person ABA services to clients. When conditions prevent BCBAs and behavior technicians from working directly with clients, digital instructional activities designed by BCBAs and delivered via a computer or tablet may be a viable substitute. Google applications, including Google Slides, Google Forms, and Google Classroom, can be particularly useful for creating and sharing digital instructional activities. In the current paper, we provide task analyses for utilizing basic Google Slides functions, developing independent instructional activities, developing caregiver-supported instructional activities, and sharing activities with clients and caregivers. We also provide practical recommendations for implementing digital instructional activities with clients and caregivers.

Choice of Optimum Operational Regime for Total Stations upon Making Geodetic Surveys under Heavy Aerosol Atmosphere Pollution

2018 ◽  
Vol 938 (8) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
S. B. Verdiyev
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Total Station ◽  
Visible Band ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
Atmosphere Pollution ◽  
Experimental Researches ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The possibility to use multi-wavelength regime of total stations operation for making surveys under heavy aerosol atmosphere pollution is researched. The actuality of single- and multi-wavelength regimes rational choice under heavy aerosol atmosphere pollution is grounded. The task on researching the matter of operational regime choice for total stations is formulated. The method for solution of the formulated task is suggested. The theoretical modelling and experimental researches are held to formulate the criterion for choice of single- or multi-wavelength regimes. The practical recommendations for such a choice are formulated. The practical recommendations are formulated for choice of measurements regime. According to formulated recommendations if a single-wavelength total station operates in the field of longer wavelengths (R) of visible band and a three-wavelengths one operates with bias to shorter (B, G, R) wavelengths, the single-wavelength total station should be preferred. But if the single-wavelength total station operates in the field of shorter wavelengths (B) and the three-wavelengths one operates with bias to longer wavelengths (B, G, R) then the multi-wavelengths total station should be preferred. The recommendation described in this article are relevant for both the regimes of measurements with- and without reflector and can be useful for users of total stations.

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