The catcher in the lie: The role of emotions and epistemic judgments in changing students’ misconceptions and attitudes in a post-truth era

We extend previous theoretical and empirical work by examining the role that emotions and epistemic judgments play when learning from different refutation plus persuasive and expository plus persuasive texts. We examined how variations in messages designed to change misconceptions and attitudes about genetically modified foods (GMFs) might differentially impact the extent to which individuals engage in epistemic judgments; the emotions individuals experience during learning; and, how epistemic judgments and emotions might facilitate or constrain conceptual and attitudinal change. One hundred twenty-five undergraduate university students were randomly assigned to one of four text conditions: refutation plus positive persuasive text, refutation plus negative persuasive text, expository plus positive persuasive text, or expository plus negative persuasive text. Students were asked to think and emote out loud during learning to capture epistemic judgments and emotions as they occurred in real time. After the learning session, students also self-reported the emotions they experienced during learning. Results revealed that students who were given positive persuasive texts experienced more positive emotions (both intensity and frequency) during learning, whereas those who were given negative persuasive texts experienced more negative emotions (frequency) during learning. Students who were given positive persuasive texts engaged in more epistemic judgments and changed more misconceptions about GMFs compared to students in the other three text conditions. Finally, epistemic judgments were significant positive predictors of conceptual and attitudinal change, and both positive emotions and negative emotions predicted attitudinal change. Implications for theories of conceptual and attitudinal change are discussed.     

Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challenges and future possibilities

ABSTRACT

This forum brings together food, (in)security, and communication. The authors participating in this forum center communication as both process and tool for understanding, mitigating, and making meaning of food (in)security. The nine authors together discuss the role of communication in food (in)security, the central challenges for scholars and practitioners working on food (in)security, and the creative possibilities and impacts influencing the future of food (in)security. The forum produces a call for applied scholars to re-imagine communication frameworks in order to make meaningful differences in their communities.     

第14届世界女子篮球锦标赛中外后卫能力的比较研究

通过对第14届世界女子篮球锦标赛前八强队伍的后卫的能力指标进行分析比较,来揭示了我国女篮后卫队员的不足,得出了后卫瘸腿问题是制约我国女篮发展的关键因素,为我国女篮后卫队员的发展、选拔和培养提供了有益的帮助。     

流动人口:社会体育的新课题--来自调研中的思考

体育从来都不是游离于社会而孤立向前发展的，社会的每一重大进步，几乎都可以在体育中找到它所带来的积极“产物”。同样，社会在发展过程中所出现的社会问题，也将会以不同的方式折射到体育中来，“流动人口”带给社会体育的挑战正是这一折射的反映。本的思考，缘起于调研中的一组数据，随后由潮起潮涌的今日之民工流动，引伸出本的主题——“流动人口：社会体育的新课题”，并围绕主题阐述了流动人口给城乡体育带来的挑战，以及应对挑战的对策和建议。     

我国社区体育的发展现状及对策

采用文献资料法、访问座谈、比较研究等方法 ,对我国社区体育现状进行分析。结果显示 ,我国社区体育发展较落后 ,分布很不平衡。并对分析结果进行论述 ,提出有利社区体育发展的对策。     

应用牛磺酸消除运动性疲劳的可行性分析

本文从运动生物化学角度入手，对运动性疲劳进行了分析和研究。同时研究分析了牛磺酸对运动性疲劳的作用。牛磺酸能促进运动自由基的代谢。缓解运动性疲劳，是一种有效的运动营养补剂，具有广泛的应用前景。     

情绪的动力平衡与体育课学习效果关系

采用情绪量表 ,考察在运动技能学习过程中情绪变化的状况 ,发现在技能学习的不同阶段 ,情绪有其变化的特征 ,随着学习的不断深入 ,情绪总趋势朝良性方向发展 ,这在一定程度上支持了情绪的动力平衡理论。     

新世纪我国老年体育发展的困境与出路

通过对新世纪我国老年体育发展所面临的主要困境与产生困境的社会背景进行分析和讨论，指出应加大政府宏观指导的力度、完善老年体育管理体制，注重老年体育消费市场的开发，加大老年体育专业指导人员的培养力度，拓宽筹集老年体育活动资金的渠道，丰富老年体育活动内容等。     

国民体质与军人体质的研究现状及发展趋势

在对国内外国民体质与军人体质研究现状进行综述的基础上，阐述了当今体质研究的发展趋势，并对军人体质研究工作提出了若干设想。     

试论我国《公务员法》中的公务员范围界定——对《公务员法》第二条的修改建议

与公务员概念内涵相对应的外延在国家公务员制度中被称为公务员范围;公务员范围应当作为公务员法的基础性条款,实质上是对公务员法律关系主体进行明确界定;我国公务员法第二条规定的公务员范围过于原则、笼统,应当通过修改进一步明确。