Prejudices Unshelved: Variation in Attitudes toward Controversial Public Library Materials in the General Social Survey, 1972–2014

Using the General Social Survey from 1972–2014, we examine variation in attitudes toward retaining controversial materials in libraries. Previously controversial topics have become much more widely accepted. We find that other controversies remain, showing how global conflicts become intertwined in local cultural controversies, and how the perceived threat from particular groups informs public concern with disseminating information from those groups. We find that more frequent library users are somewhat less likely to want to remove controversial books from the shelves, although some of these relationships are explained by variation in the respondent’s age, race, and other characteristics.     

The Combined Effects of Instructor Communicative Behaviors,Instructor Credibility,and Student Personality Traits on Incivility in the College Classroom

This study investigated the combined role of instructor communication variables (nonverbal immediacy and self-disclosure), instructor credibility (competence, caring, and trustworthiness), and student personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness) in predicting students’ uncivil behaviors in class. A total of 406 students completed online questionnaires regarding the instructor of the class they attended prior to the one in which the study was administered. Personality and instructor behavior variables contributed approximately equally to explaining variance in student incivility. Students’ conscientiousness and agreeableness had direct negative relationships with incivility, whereas instructors’ amount and negativity of self-disclosure had direct positive relationships with incivility.     

Do Individual Perceptions Matter in Pornography Effects? How Perceived General Acceptance and Influence of Pornography May Impact Agreement With Sex-Role Attitudes

Pornography use is often associated with less-progressive sex-role attitudes, such as endorsement of a sexual double standard between heterosexual partners, but the process by which this relationship occurs is still largely unexamined. The present study was conducted to examine how perceptions about pornography may play a role in the relationship between pornography use and sex-role attitudes. Perceived general acceptance and perceived influence of pornography on most people partially mediated the relationship between pornography use and sex-role attitudes. The more participants reported using pornography, the more they believed pornography was generally accepted and had a positive influence; however, conversely to what was hypothesized, the more positive they perceived pornography’s influence, the less likely they were to report sex-role attitudes that endorse a sexual double standard.     

历史研究是一切社会科学的基础

2018年1月3日,中国历史研究院成立。习近平总书记代表党中央致信祝贺。贺信特别强调了历史研究的重要价值。历史研究之所以重要,是因为“世界的今天是从世界的昨天发展而来的。     

透视与反思:义务教育均衡问题二十年之研究

自1986年7月1日《中华人民共和国义务教育法》颁布实施以来,到2006年9月1日新修订的《中华人民共和国义务教育法》出台推行,义务教育的均衡问题一直倍受我国学界的关注。关于教育均衡问题研究的话语主流发轫于对教育公平理念的界定和解读,对教育均衡的评介及阐释,继之以对教育失衡现象的深入探究与理性归因,最后从不同视角提出教育补偿的诸多策略及建构性理论。通过对部分有代表性的研究进行归纳、分析、总结和反思,以期把握我国教育均衡问题的研究脉络和进程,深省我国教育研究的现状,希冀对提高教育研究的品质和水准有所裨益。     

高校通识英语教育模式建构刍议

随着高等教育的发展,通识教育理念倍受重视。通识教育理念体现在大学英语教育的教学性质、教学目标和教学内容诸多方面,只有使大学英语教育在教育实践中体现和融合通识教育理念,建构合理的通识英语教育模式,英语教育改革才能真正获得成功。     

解读《普通高等学校图书馆规程(修订)》的意义

《普通高等学校图书馆规程(修订)》的意义表现为突出了图书馆信息服务的地位，充实了献资源建设的意义，强调了读服务体系的建立，明确了科学化管理的要求，提高了专业人员素质结构标准，加大了图书馆经费保障力度等六个方面。     

高职高专《普通物理学》考试质量评价

以《普通物理学》考试为例,从试题分布、信度、效度、难度、区分度以及成绩分布等方面,论述了学科课程考试质量的量化评价方法。     

尿素对若丹明6G在MMA-MA体系中的协同效应

研究了尿素对若丹明6G(R6G)在甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)和甲基丙烯酸(MA)聚合体系中的协同效应,尿素的存在使R6G的缔合平衡向单分子体方向移动。在MA溶液中尿素与R6G以1∶1形成分子间络合物,络合平衡常数为80mol~(-1)。荧光量子效率随尿素的含量增加而增大,R6G在MMA-MA共聚物固溶态介质中的表面荧光强度比相应组分在聚合前的液态介质中要高。     

从国际金融市场角度浅析美元加息对人民币汇率的传导机制

首先介绍了美元加息的原因与目的，进而从美国国内货币市场出发分析了美元加息通过国际金融市场影响人民币／美元汇率的传导机制，在分析结果的基础上进一步探讨了美元加息对我国经济的影响后果。