Trust has been used to replace or complement ratingbased similarity in recommender systems, to improve the accuracy of rating prediction. However, people trusting each other may not always share similar preferences. In this paper, we try to fill in this gap by decomposing the original single-aspect trust information into four general trust aspects, i.e. benevolence, integrity, competence, and p...

Advertisements frequently link values to advertised products or services, but little is known about the effect of this practice on value-driven behavior that is unrelated the advertising context. Evidence from two studies show that exposure to value-laden advertisements instigates behavior that is congruent with the ‘advertised’ value (i.e., self-direction, security, achievement or benevolence)...

This study examines the relationship between individual-level values, using Schwartz’s theory, and organizational and occupational commitment among Israeli Arabs. The sample includes 369 Arab teachers working in 14 schools in Arab communities in the north of Israel, with a response rate of 65%. The findings show a significant effect of 2 values—benevolence and conformity—on most organizational ...

As a foundational concept in economics, the homo economicus assumption regards humans as rational and self-interested actors. In contrast, trust requires individuals to believe partners' benevolence and unselfishness. Thus, the homo economicus belief may inhibit trust. The present three experiments demonstrated that the direct exposure to homo economicus belief can weaken trust. And economic si...

The paper examines the gender orientation of political discourse from a stylistic viewpoint. Gender markers contemporary English and colloquial clichés that these form are analyzed. As politicians appear on stage, verbalization their ideas is new promising oratorical experience. Therefore, ways means analyzing linguistic characteristics in terms tenderness benevolence seem to be relevant aspect...

In this paper we expand on our previous efforts [1,2,3] to evaluate strategies for improving tracking performance of a multi-sensor surveillance system. The quality of tracking performance is based on two measures: (i) The Mean Track Quality (MTM) and (ii) Total Expected Number of Misses (TEM). Five strategies of resource allocation were considered based on (a) local versus coordinated, (b) ded...

Earlier research has shown that young adults exhibit less favorable reactions to older speakers than to their peers, especially for intellectual and social competence. The present study examined the role of age in modifying the evaluations of listeners for effective and ineffective speakers. In a communication paradigm, 80 undergraduate students listened to and followed the taped instructions o...

Relationships between attachment styles and the content and structure of mental representations of parents were investigated. Undergraduates completed 3and 4-category measures of attachment style and wrote descriptions of their parents. Securely attached participants' parental representations were characterized by differentiation, elaboration, benevolence, and nonpunitiveness. Representations b...

Page 1 of 17 © Lou Agosta, Ph.D. [email protected] By “sympathy” Hume does not mean the particular sentiments of pity or compassion or benevolence but rather the function of communicating affect in general. Sympathy reverses the operation of the understanding, which converts impressions of sensation into ideas. In the case of sympathy, the operation is in the other direction. Sympathy arouse...