Two studies examined impostor fears, self-handicapping and self-presentational concerns. In Study 1 (113 women, 52 men), impostor fears were significantly related to social desirability (low self-deception over impression management), perfectionistic cognitions, and non-display of imperfection to others. In Study 2, 72 women were exposed either to face-saving failure (failure that was did not i...

Asteady debate over the meaning of the death of Jesus in Luke-Acts runs through the heart of scholarly attention to Lukan theology. Alongside the growing recognition of Luke as a theologian in his own right, the uniqueness of his interpretation of the cross over against other biblical authors has been regularly emphasized. In this regard, it has become commonplace to affirm Luke attaches no dir...

We introduce two descriptive models for evaluating creative software; the FACE model, which describes creative acts performed by software in terms of tuples of generative acts, and the IDEA model, which describes how such creative acts can have an impact upon an audience. We show how these models have been inspired both by ideas in the psychology of creativity and by an analysis of acts of huma...

This qualitative study investigated the complex social aspects of communication required for students to participate effectively in Problem Based Learning and explored how these dynamics are managed. The longitudinal study of a group of first year undergraduates examined interactions using Rapport Management (RM) as a framework to analyse communication with regard to the concepts of face, socia...

The goal of this research is to examine the impact of trust, motivation, and national culture on knowledge sharing within the context of electronic mail. This study is quantitative and survey based. In order to conduct the research, 200 students from a leading university in New Zealand were chosen randomly to participate in a questionnaire survey. Motivation and trust were found to be significa...

Guaranteing the quality of face object in video call is the key task for video coding systems under the constrained bandwidth of network. Conventionally, the face object is divided into disperse blocks under the hybrid coding framework. Therefore, the characteristics of the complete face object have not been fully used. Meanwhile, it is difficult to predict the complex affine transformations su...

The rising or decreasing level of politeness impacts the intensity human behavior. By using theory Brown and Levinson's model civility theoretical Robin Lakoff, this paper aims to describe Face Threatening Acts performed in public notices Kediri. This study used qualitative method because it focuses more on analysis written data rather than numbers. looks into by people places. writer uses Rela...

The method of conversation analysis was used to analyze an interview brodcast on TVP2 “Pytanie na śniadanie” devoted addiction plastic surgery. interviewees were a woman known as the Polish Barbie doll, her partner and surgeon. moderated by two TV presenters. In analyzed fragments, it noticeable how possibility dispute neutralized ongoing basis, differences opinions views settled. main result i...