Subjects: Psychology >> Social Psychology submitted time 2023-08-15
Abstract： Uncommon personal names have become increasingly popular in many countries and cultures over the past decades. However, little is known about the causes. We propose that the emphasis on uniqueness, manifested both as a cultural value at the macro level and as an individual need at the micro level, may account for the widely observed increase in unique-naming practices. We tested these hypotheses in China. Study 1 found that the increasing cultural emphasis on uniqueness (rather than on independence or competition), as a Granger cause, explained the increasing name uniqueness. Study 2 revealed that the increasing individual need for uniqueness (rather than narcissism or self-esteem) explained the higher preference for unique baby names among younger than older generations. Study 3 showed that, in actual naming practices, younger parents emphasized name uniqueness (rather than modernity, positivity, or other features) more than older cohorts. These findings convergently support our hypotheses, highlighting the importance of identifying specific mechanisms underlying psychological and behavioral changes, rather than assuming the rising individualism as a general explanation.
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Subjects: Physics >> Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology submitted time 2016-07-07
Abstract：由于现实社会中，并不是每个“海盗”都是绝对理性的，而且等级制度也存在一定的摘要：由于现实社会中，并不是每个“海盗”都是绝对理性的，而且等级制度也存在一定的弹性，因此本文对海盗分金差分方程模型做进一步的分数阶差分理论推广，采用 Caputo 型分数阶差分，构建海盗分金分数阶差分模型，并证明 Cauchy 初值问题解的存在唯一性和解对初值的依赖性；当分数阶差分退化到一阶差分时，解是完全一致的；从而，在理论和实际意义方面对海盗分金问题的分数阶模型的推广做出了合理的解释。
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