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.     

我国现阶段乡村农民体育观念的调查与研究

采用文献研究、下乡访谈、问卷调查、数理统计、多因素分析等方法,以我国20个省、区、市部分农民(户)为研究对象,对他们参与全民健身、享受体育的现状进行调查,力求探索出一条以城市带动乡村来提高我国整体体育人口比例的道路。研究结果显示:我国9亿农民在富民政策指引下,92％基本解决“温饱”问题。“温饱”之后思什么?农民是否愿意在自己农闲时间中给体育留有一席之地?他们对健康的渴求、精神的愉悦、消费的倾向如何?需要全社会来引导与关注。     

武术的文化精神与奥林匹克思想的契合

讨论了武术的化精神与奥林匹克思想的契合点。其主要表现在：追求和谐、注重教育、崇尚积极进取自强不息、追求健与美的精神等。这一切更加体现了中华武术的可贵。     

家族尚武传统对毛泽东的影响

运用献资料法和解释学的方法，通过家族尚武传统对毛泽东个性、思想观念形成与发展的分析和研究，得出尚武是毛泽东个人性格中一个根本的特征并在每个转折关头都能看到的结论。     

杨贤江青年教育思想与实践及其现实意义

本文从杨贤江关于做好青年教育工作的前提、根据和应遵循“全人生指导”的根本原则以及青年教育工作的方式、方法三个方面探析了杨贤江的青年教育思想与实践并分别揭示了其现实意义 ,指出了当代青年教育工作者应学习和借鉴之处。     

顾拜旦体育思想研究系列之二--顾拜旦体育思想的形成和发展

顾拜旦体育思想是继承前人的哲学思想和社会实践而形成的对体育、文化与教育相结合的奥林匹克运动的总结。它的来源有 :希腊哲学与古代奥运 ;文艺复兴与人文主义 ;人类和平与理想主义。顾拜旦体育思想也是适应世界潮流而不断发展的 ,有的是在他去世后 ,继承者在业余主义、妇女参加和政治干预等问题上有所发展。     

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。     

运动动觉表象训练对提高射箭比赛成绩的实验研究

运动动觉表象训练是指练习者有意识地在头脑中通过表象呈现出各种动作,从而唤起各类感觉的训练方法。通过运动动觉表象训练在射箭比赛中的应用研究,我们认为可以起到调节运动员比赛时的心率,稳定情绪的作用,尤其对过度紧张、信心不足的运动员,具有良好的调节作用。     

对安徽电子信息职业技术学院理工新生近几年最大吸氧量和体形变化趋势的探讨

对1997～2003年3105名男女新生的最大吸氧量进行直接测定.结果:男女新生的最大吸氧量呈逐年下降趋势,男女生分别降了(0.3士0.09)L/min和(0.21士0.07)L/min;体形有逐年瘦长的趋势;经统计处理均具有显著性差异.建议学生在中学阶段就应加强体育锻练,增强体质,改善营养,进一步提高高校体育教学质量.