Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that emails are automatically recorded — and can come back to haunt (困扰) you — appears to be the key to the finding. Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca. New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls. His results, to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected entailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment (非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication. But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone. People are also more likely to lie in real time — in an instant message or phone call, say — than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as : "Do you like my dress" Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his results, work assessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email. According to the passage, why are people, more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication
A. They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.
B. They believe that honesty is the best policy.
C. They tend to be relaxed when using those media.
D. They are most practiced at those forms of communication.
Copernicus took away our claim as humans to a special position at the centre of the Universe. Darwin forced us to take our place among the animals. Now the last refuges of mystery are being invaded as science begins to take apart human nature itself. Psychologists of every hue have been joined by neuroscientists, artificial intelligence experts, philosophers and economists in the rush to solve this last great problem. The scale and scope of activity is unprecedented. Never before have there been so many best-selling books on mind and brain from so many different thinkers. And no sooner has one proclaimed that a profound mystery of consciousness has been discovered than half a dozen others will counterclaim that the mystery has merely grown deeper. As the science of human nature advances, two old debates remain. The first comes in many shapes. Is our nature inbuilt or is it acquired Are genes or environment more important in shaping us Philosophers characterize the difference as being between nativists and empiricists. The second great debate has a profound religious dimension. Does free will re ally exist or are minds merely a reflection of the mechanical workings of the brain Hippocrates, who died in 377 BC, was one of the earliest to write that thoughts, feelings and perceptions were simply activities of the brain. But his appears to have been a lone voice in the Western world over the past 2,500 years, which placed the existence of free will, and its consequent choices between right and wrong, heaven and hell, at the heart of its dogma. The questions underlying these two great debates have more than merely academic appeal for the study of human nature is not only scientifically challenging, false insights from it can be extraordinarily dangerous and lead to immense suffering and death. While Hitler had no deep knowledge of genetic theory, he did operate under a belief of human nature, justifying unspeakable crimes. It is true that unscrupulous politicians will always take what they want from science to further their own ends and ideologies, but in the area of human nature, scientists have had a more direct responsibility for acts for which we should now feel collectively ashamed. The reason why studying the nature of human beings is popular is that.
A. the scale and scope of it is unprecedented
B. it is useful for determining policy
C. it is still an area of great mystery
D. there are so many best selling books about it
A上市公司于2010年9月30日通过定向增发本公司普通股对B企业进行合并,取得B企业100%股权。假定不考虑所得税的影响,A公司及B企业合并前简化资产负债表如下表所示。 A公司及B企业合并前资产负债表 单位:万元 项目 A公司 B企业 流动资产 5000 7000 非流动资产 13000 30000 资产总计 18000 37000 流动负债 3000 6000 非流动负债 4000 11000 负债合计 7000 17000 所有者权益: 股本 1000 600 资本公积 2000 5400 盈余公积 800 1400 未分配利润 7200 12600 所有者权益合计 11000 20000 负债及所有者权益总计 18000 37000 其他资料: (1)2010年9月30日,A公司通过定向增发本公司普通股,以2.5股换1股的比例自B企业股东处取得了B企业全部股权。A公司共发行了1500万股普通股取得B企业全部600万股普通股。 (2)A公司每股普通股在2010年9月30日的公允价值为16元,B企业每股普通股当日的公允价值为40元。A公司、B企业每股普通股的面值为1元。 (3)2010年9月30日,A公司除非流动资产公允价值为15000万元以外,其他资产、负债项目的公允价值与其账面价值相同。 (4)假定A公司与B企业在合并前不存在任何关联方关系。 关于该项企业合并,下列说法中正确的是( )。
A公司为法律上的母公司,会计上的被购买方
B. A公司为法律上的子公司,会计上的购买方
C. A公司为法律上的母公司,会计上的购买方
D. A公司为法律上的子公司,会计上的被购买方