Attractive Theory Research Articles

On the problem of interpreting Krotkaya’s suicide in F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel Krotkaya/A gentle creature

The article examines Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story Krotkaya (also titled A Gentle Creature) in the context of the interpretation of the main character’s suicide and provides a brief overview of opposing interpretations of the work. Despite the abundance of different interpretations, from biographical to religious connotations of the story, little attention has been paid to interpretations using a psychological approach. In connection with these, the author of the article proposes to expand the interpretation of the main character’s suicide from moral and ethical to psychological motives, by relying on the theory of destructive attraction developed by Sabina Spielrein. The article characterizes the concept of destructive drive and pays special attention to the issue of illustrations of the manifestation of the destructive drive directly from the main character of the story.

Access for all? Socio-demographic biases and interest group access to the European Parliament

ABSTRACT This article focuses on the access that interest groups secure to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It examines whether and how interest group access is influenced by the socio-demographic characteristics of lobbying teams and politicians, including gender and national origin. Guided by similarity attraction theory, the study hypothesises that interest groups staffed by lobbyists from underprivileged socio-demographic backgrounds (i.e., women, Central and Eastern European, or non-EU origin) are less likely to secure access to MEPs. However, it suggests that MEPs from similar backgrounds are less susceptible to such biases. To test these expectations, the study utilises a combination of door pass data to the European Parliament, reported meetings on the European Parliament's website, and desk research. The results show that lobbying teams with a balanced gender composition are more likely to secure access to MEPs, and that similarities in gender and national origin facilitate interactions between MEPs and lobbying teams. The study offers valuable insights into the inclusiveness and socio-demographic biases within EU public affairs.

A Most Dangerous Tale: the Universality, Evolution, and Function of Blood Libels

Abstract Blood libels are narratives about Jews and Christians, featuring an accusation that a child or a woman had been kidnapped and assaulted due to religious or economic goals. Blood libel-like narratives, however, are not only found in Judeo-Christian history; they appear in many cultures. Using the framework of Cultural Attraction Theory, the paper considers their evolution, and identifies testable factors of attraction. The paper makes two claims regarding the morphology and the function of these ancient tales. Firstly, narratives about outgroups tend to evolve towards the shape of a blood libel, as it taps into an optimum number of universal cognitive preferences. The correspondence with the evolved features of the mind contributes to the success of the narrative in different cultures and time periods. Secondly, these narratives function as coalition signals. Upon calling ingroup members into action against an outgroup, the blood libel unifies audiences before engaging in exclusionary action.

Acculturation of Islamic Culture in Food as a Gastronomic Tourism Attraction in Surabaya (Case Study of the Sunan Ampel Area)

Ampel Village is an area in the city of Surabaya which is popularly known as Kampung Arab because most of its residents are ethnic Arabs. Apart from that, there are also Javanese and Madurese ethnicities. This area has a high historical value in the spread of the Islamic religion , especially in the field of gastronomy, but many people are still unaware of it. One of the factors causing this is the lack of optimal management of the Ampel Area as a Tourist Attraction. This research was conducted to explore the potential for gastronomic tourism resulting from the acculturation to the Islamic culture in the area. This research uses the theory of cultural acculturation, tourist attraction and gastronomy, including gastronomic tourism components, Nona Helix, and others. The method in this research is qualitative using phenomenological techniques. Data collection techniques used participant observation, document selection, and verification with detailed interviews with Nona Helix. The results concluded that there was a process of cultural acculturation between the Arab ethnic group, the Javanese ethnic group and the Madurese ethnic group in the Ampel area of Surabaya. One of the results of cultural acculturation based on a survey from Miss Helix is the local food Maryam bread, green bean curry, kebuli rice, kebab, briyani rice, oven goat, Arabic pukis, dawet, samosa, peanut sugar, red gulai which have the potential to become gastronomic tourism attractions. This local food has characteristics that are attractive to tourists visiting the Sunan Ampel Religious Tourism Area. The next development of gastronomic tourism that needs to be developed is education, infrastructure and the synergy of Nona Helix.

Navigating Misfit Feedback: The Role of Organizational Prestige in Early-Stage Recruitment

AbstractRecognizing the ability of organizational prestige to meet financial, career, social, and status needs, we posit that job seekers will desire employment with prestigious firms in the face of person–organization (PO) misfit feedback. Drawing upon social identity theory, the theory of symbolic attraction, and the motivational model of fit, we suggest that when job seekers disagree with PO misfit feedback, prestige and the imagined benefits of employment motivate job seekers to desire employment. These imagined benefits serve as a needs-meeting mechanism aiding self-esteem, self-worth, and perceived social status. We conducted a between-subjects experiment investigating PO fit feedback, agreement with PO fit feedback, and employer image to explore this phenomenon. Notably, we found that when job seekers disagreed with misfit feedback, they reported greater organizational desirability when the organization was impressive (versus respectable). We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of job seeker reactions to PO fit feedback and organizational prestige as a needs-meeting mechanism.

Incommensurability and healthcare priority setting

AbstractThis paper argues that accepting incommensurability can be a useful step for developing attractive hybrid theories to how to distribute scarce health-related resources. If one provides opportunity for distributive options to be incommensurable with respect to substantive criteria, one can hold on to substantive criteria while also providing room for decision processes to play a significant role. The paper also argues that the strategy of accepting incommensurability is preferable to the strategy of having substantive criteria establish sets of options that are equally, explains why incommensurability gives us reason to go hybrid, and argues that reasons grounded in decision processes have properties that make them appropriate as “tiebreakers” in choice situations characterized by incommensurability.

Does similarity matter? Investigating the relationship between live streamer' communication style similarity and user purchase intentions during live streaming

This study investigates the influence of communication style similarity between streamers and viewers on purchase intention within the framework of similarity attraction theory and cognitive-emotional system theory. Live marketing, utilizing online streamers for real-time interaction with consumers, has become a prominent sales strategy. A quantitative approach was employed, using questionnaire data collected from live marketing audiences. The survey measured communication style preferences of both viewers and streamers, along with viewers' perceived level of quasi-social interaction during the live stream, immersive experience, and purchase intention. The research demonstrates that when a streamer's communication style aligns with a viewer's preference, viewers perceive a stronger sense of quasi-social interaction. This heightened sense of connection fosters a more immersive live streaming experience, ultimately leading to a greater purchase intention. Furthermore, the study reveals that viewers with a higher need for cognitive closure-the desire to minimize ambiguity-experience an amplified effect of both communication style similarity and immersive experience on their purchase intention. This research contributes to the evolving body of knowledge on live marketing communication. By highlighting the importance of communication style matching between streamers and viewers, the findings offer valuable guidance to live streaming platforms and companies. Tailoring streamer communication styles to align with target audience preferences can enhance audience engagement, create a more immersive experience, and ultimately drive higher conversion rates.

Prehistory to History: A New Archaeological Approach to Knowledge Transmission and the Inception of Literacy in Central Europe

This paper reviews archaeological research on the transmission of writing knowledge between literate and pre-literate societies. It proposes the use of productive approaches, such as cultural epidemiology and cultural attraction theory (CAT). The case study focuses on East-Central Europe and discusses the role of writing in the construction of social group identity and the transition from local communities with a prehistoric mindset to a historically acting society during the first millennium AD. The study collects relevant archaeological records of Early Mediaeval writing and explains them using reflective archaeology. It is shown that interactions between literate and pre-literate societies are highly complex social processes that function not only at the cultural and cognitive levels of individuals but also among larger groups of people. By combining cultural attraction theory with empirical archaeological data, this study formulates a conclusive explanation for the introduction of writing among Europe’s Slavic-speaking population.

“I think exactly the same”—trust in SMIs and online purchase intention: a moderation mediation analysis using PLS-SEM

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating effect of homophily between trust in social media influencers (SMIs) and credibility of the post in influencer marketing by incorporating the similarity attraction theory (SAT) and analysing the effect of trust in SMIs on online purchase intention and credibility of the post. This study also explored the mediating role of influencers’ credibility of the post between trust in SMIs and online purchase intention.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 417 respondents in Jaipur, India, using an online questionnaire via Google Forms. A convenience sampling technique was employed to collect the data. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses with the help of SmartPLS version 4.FindingsThe results exhibit a positive and significant influence of trust in SMIs on credibility of the post and online purchase intention. Also, this study found a positive and significant relationship between credibility of the post and online purchase intention. Additionally, credibility of the post had a positive and significant mediation role in the relationship between trust in SMIs and online purchase intention. In addition, homophily positively moderated the relationship between trust in SMIs and credibility of the post.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study can be used by marketing professionals working in the e-commerce industry to ensure their continued in success using the right influencers for their specific target audiences and help them create and implement more effective promotional strategies, increasing brand awareness, announcing sales, using them for creative content and so on.Originality/valueUntil now, there has been no study in the Indian context that has tested the moderation effect of homophily between the trust in SMIs and credibility of the post by incorporating the SAT, according to the researchers’ knowledge. Furthermore, this novel piece of research explored the relationship between trust in SMIs and online purchase intention with credibility of the post as a mediator.

Finding the Right Voice: Exploring the Impact of Gender Similarity and Gender-Role Congruity on the Efficacy of Automated Vehicle Explanations

Automated Vehicles (AVs), acting as social robots, hold potential benefits for society. Prior research highlights how AV explanations can enhance passenger trust by clarifying the vehicle's reasoning and actions. However, an underexplored area is the impact of voice gender in AV explanations on this trust dynamic. To bridge this gap, our study, inspired by the gender-role congruity and similarity attraction theories, investigates the impacts of AV voice gender on user trust. The anticipated findings from our research are poised to play a critical role in designing AV explanations that enhance trust, thereby advancing the human-AV interaction landscape.

Post-Newtonian binary dynamics in the effective field theory of Horndeski gravity* *Supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2201901) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (12147103, 11851302)

General relativity has been very successful since its proposal more than a century ago. However, various cosmological observations and theoretical consistency still motivate us to explore extended gravity theories. Horndeski gravity stands out as one attractive theory by introducing only one scalar field. Here we formulate the post-Newtonian effective field theory of Horndeski gravity and investigate the conservative dynamics of inspiral compact binary systems. We calculate the leading effective Lagrangian for a compact binary and obtain the periastron advance per period. In particular, we apply our analytical calculation to two binary systems, PSR B 1534+12 and PSR J0737-3039, and constrain the relevant model parameters. This theoretical framework can also be systematically extended to higher orders.

Integrating N‐person Intuitionistic Neutrosophic Soft Games with Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps for Cloud Storage with Accounting Information Systems

Neutrosophic logic is founded on non-standard evaluation. In neutrosophic set (NS), the computation of indefiniteness is explicit, while the membership of truth, falsity, and indeterminacy are non-reliable. Recently, various attractive game theory application is extended by entrenching the fuzzy set logic. The accounting data analysis has to contribute the innovativeness. This includes various characteristics. It applies billions of individuals in the business to develop and design novel products until the sale managing of the enormous sales staff. While cloud storage provides flexibility and scalability, it also comes with related costs, involving data transfer fees, subscription fees, and storage costs. Optimizing and managing cloud storage costs associated with business needs and budgetary constraints is crucial. Cloud-based AIS decreases the necessity for localized infrastructure and hardware, oscillating rate from capital to operational expenditure. This enables organizations to pay only for the used resource, resulting in economic efficiencies. Incorporating cloud technology into accounting information systems (AIS) provides several advantages. To increase the capability of accounting data statistics and analysis, this article introduces an N‐person intuitionistic neutrosophic soft game with Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps (NINSG-NCM) for cloud storage with AIS. The NINSG-NCM technique considered a contemporary accounting data analysis is built based on the block bit sequence evaluation technique and extracts the association rule representative amount of accounting data. Integrated with cloud computing (CC) framework, the NINSG-NCM method is proposed, and the NCM clustering technique is used for realizing the modern accounting data clustering, and the NINSG method could enhance the capability of statistical analysis and parallel computing of accounting data. Lastly, salp swarm algorithm (SSA) is applied for hyperparameter tuning method. The experimental outcomes illustrate that the designed intelligent data evaluation technique makes the parallel computing efficacy high and the statistical evaluation capability of accounting data better.

Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines

Understanding the nature of copying errors in the cultural transmission of material culture is highly relevant for students of cultural evolution, especially in the field of evolutionary archaeology. In this paper, we set up a classic transmission chain experiment, which involves making clay anthropomorphic figurines, to explore the nature of the copying error related to the production of 3D objects. The experiment consists of four independent transmission chains, each with 10 participants. Three chains are non-expert chains, as they consist of students of archaeology and psychology with no formal training in arts. The fourth is an expert chain consisting of art students. Our results show that the copying error predictably differs between the experts and the non-experts – it is lower in the expert chain. However, in both groups, the error is higher than predicted by the models that assume that the copying error is only due to imperfections in the perception of linear dimensions. Taken together, these two results suggest that, in addition to the error in perception, the error in the execution contributes significantly to the overall error, as predicted by the recently formulated object-mediated transmission model (Crema et al., 2023). The results of our experiment also show that the errors are often biased rather than random, suggesting that the transmission process involves the transformations anticipated by the cultural attraction theory.

The Receptive Theory: A New Theory of Emotions

Cognitive Theories of emotions have enjoyed great popularity in recent times. Allegedly, the so-called Perceptual Theory constitutes the most attractive version of this approach. However, the Perceptual Theory has come under increasing pressure. There are at least two ways to deal with the barrage of objections, which have been mounted against the Perceptual Theory. One is to argue that the objections work only if one assumes an overly narrow conception of what perception consists in. On a better and more liberal understanding of perception, the objections lose their force. The other is to stress that the differences between emotions and sensory perceptions can be explained by focusing on a new analogy. As I will argue, emotions have interesting similarities with magnitude representations, such as the representation of distance. Such representations are plausibly thought to be analog and non-conceptual, but by contrast to sensory perceptions, such as colour perceptions, they do not lie at the sensory periphery. This new analogy makes room for a novel and attractive theory of emotions, the Receptive Theory, which allows for a positive and epistemologically fruitful characterization of emotions.

The Relevance Of The Concept Of Faith To Michael J Losier's Law Of Attraction Theory To Happiness On Life In Perspective Of Transpersonal Psychology

This study explains the Relevance of Konep Iman to Michael J Lostier's Law Of Attraction Theory with Life Happiness in the Perspective of Transpersonal Psychology. The study of this research is based on the law of Law of Attraction whose existence in modern times is greatly increased. The concept will be analyzed based on relevance to faith. This is because modern society today already believes in the existence of these laws and has been practiced in everyday life. This research uses qualitative research methods and obtains data using literature based on written data in the form of journals, books, articles in accordance with the object of the theme studied. The analysis in this study is descriptive qualitative, this paper analyzes the concept of Law of Attraction (LoA) theory with the relevance of faith and happiness according to the study of transpersonal psychology. In this discussion it was found that the theory of the Law of Attraction (LoA) can add confidence and constancy of prayer to God, with an explanation of the mechanisms, thought waves, and processes of the universe in attracting what is believed and thought so that happiness is formed in life.

Sector attraction and the role of job information: Evidence from a conjoint experiment

AbstractAre public and private employees different? And is this difference due to the fact that different people are attracted to work for government rather than companies? It has been proposed that individuals with certain characteristics, such as having high levels of risk aversion or public service motivation (PSM), are more likely to self‐select into public service. This study argues that this sector attraction effect depends on the amount of job‐related information available to job seekers at different stages of the job search process. We test our hypotheses using a three‐stage conjoint experimental design. The employment sector only matters to job seekers when little direct information is provided. Once more job‐related information is available to them, it diminishes. This effect is especially strong for people with high levels of PSM. These findings suggest that the sector attraction effect is situational, which has important implications for theory and practice of public sector attraction.

MANAGEMENT OF YEH AYA HULU DAM POTENTIAL AS A COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL TOURISM ATTRACTION IN SENGANAN VILLAGE, PENEBEL SUB-DISTRICT, TABANAN DISTRICT

Yeh Aya Hulu Dam has the potential to be developed into a natural tourist attraction in Senganan Village. The potential is inadequate, the village that still does not pay attention to this potential causes the Yeh Aya Hulu Dam to be not managed properly and the overall potential
 has not been explored. This study aims to determine the management of Yeh Aya Hulu's potential as a community-based natural tourism attraction. This research uses qualitative descriptive analysis methods, using Tourism Attraction theory 6A, Tourism Management theory and Tourism Impact theory. Data collection techniques are carried out by observation, interviews, literature studies, and documentation. The data obtained is then analyzed using three data analysis models, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. This study uses a qualitative descriptive analysis method, using the theory of Tourist Attraction 6A, Tourism Management, and Tourism Impact. Data collection techniques were collected through observation, interviews, literature studies, and documentation. The data obtained were then analyzed using three data analysis models: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing.
 The results showed that the potential of Bendungan Yeh Aya Hulu as a natural tourist attraction with the 6A theory is that attractions consist of natural, artificial, and cultural tourist attractions with good access and are easy to reach by tourists. Facilities include a parking area for two-wheeled vehicles while for four-wheeled vehicles, parking on the side of the road, toilets and changing rooms that still need to be put up to standard, and stalls. Tourists can enjoy views of the rice fields, swim, play tube tubing, and buy food. Additional services that still need to be available and tour packages will be planned in the future. The management of Bendungan Yeh Aya Hulu as a natural tourist attraction holds the concept of CBT (Community-Based Tourism) which applies the functions of tourism management, including planning, organizing, actuating, monitoring, and motivation. The impact of managing Bendungan Yeh Aya Hulu as a natural tourist attraction on the community is divided into environmental, socio-cultural, and economic impacts.

Dialogical Constitutionalism and Constitutional Justice. A Long Return to the Deliberative Virtues of the Public Action of Unconstitutionality

Through Dialogical Constitutionalism (DC), some theorists believe they have found an escape valve for the global discussion on the legitimacy of judicial control over the law. With the situated contextual methodology, this article analyzes the challenges that DC poses in Latin America, particularly in Colombia, in four sections: i) Why is an attractive theory; ii) Its differences from deliberative democracy (DD); iii) The arguments of Roberto Gargarella in defense of DD, DC, and “A Dialogue between Peers”. This invites us to question whether it is merely new packaging for old discussions. Lastly, iv) I will reflect on the advantages of the Public Action of Unconstitutionality (PA) as a participatory and deliberative legal challenge mechanism, which dialogical potential is not properly appreciated due to a preference bias. Additionally, I will address DC in its two versions: the Canadian institutional version and the conversational version, ultimately proposing a third nuestramerican approach.

Ethical Subjectivism: A Lost Cause

Individual relativism, also known as ethical subjectivism, is an attractive theory about morality. It argues that morality is a matter relative to the individual in a way akin to personal taste. For example, subjectivists regard the ethical judgment ‘Stealing is wrong’ as comparable with the judgment of taste ‘I dislike Brussels sprouts’. Yet, subjectivism is not nihilism. While nihilism denies the existence of moral value, duties, principles and truths, subjectivism claims that they exist, but they are subjective like taste. In this paper, I argue that ethical subjectivism ought to be rejected as it is an incoherent, undefendable, and a pernicious position.

Identification of tourism potential and 3A analysis (attraction, amenity, accessibility) in maitara village of akebay village

This research aims to identify tourism potential and analyze 3 A (attraction, accessibility and amenties) in Maitara Village of Akebay Village. It is hoped that from this research the government and the community of Maitara Kampung Akebay Village will get an overview and guidelines on tourism development in Akebay Village. Tourism development certainly requires attractions to be used as tourist attractions, easy access such as roads and transportation and additional supporting facilities such as lodging, restaurants, toilets, and so on which are called the 3 A terms. From the results of field research there are several potentials that can be used as tourist attractions in Maitara Village, Akebay Village including, Nature Tourism, Culture and Fitness Tourism. The theory used is the theory of potential, tourist attraction and 3A. The conclusion of this research is that there are several types of attractions that can be offered by Maitara Kampung Akebay Village as a tourist attraction, namely (1). Nature tourism consisting of Camping Ground, Tracking, (2) Cultural Tourism consists of "Bakerah" and traditional games, (3) Artificial Tourism consists of intagramable photo spots and swimming pools for children.