第72.73节下定决心--决策心理学(9.10)（Section 72.73 Determination - decision making psychology (9.10)）.doc

第72.73节下定决心--决策心理学(9.10)（Section 72.73 Determination - decision making psychology (9.10)） The seventy-second section: Determination - decision making psychology (9) There is also some evidence that similar subtle stimuli may even be fatal to human life. Sociologist Rogers (Jimmy, not Kenny) of the more than 1400 country song were analyzed, results showed that the lyrics commonly described are negative life experiences, including love, alcoholism, financial distress and despair, fatalism, resentment and poverty. In the middle of the [26]20 century, Steven Stark of the Wayne State University and of the Auburn University wondered whether continued exposure to pessimistic themes would make it easier for people to commit suicide, says Jim Gundlach of the. [27] to find out the answer to the question, the researchers analyzed the rates of suicide in 49 parts of the United States and the number of country music on national radio stations. After excluding poverty, divorce and gun ownership, the researchers did find the link: the more the country music played on the radio, the higher the suicide rate. The findings may sound far fetched, and other researchers have questioned it. [28], however, the basic premise has been confirmed by a number of studies: the mass media will profoundly influence peoples suicide decisions, and a good example is the study of the Witt effect. In 1774, John von Gerd published a novel, the sorrows of young Witt. In the book, a young man named Victor fell in love with an engaged lady. Unable to face the cruel reality of Victor and difficult to be the sweetheart, chose to commit suicide. The book was a great success. In fact, in many ways, this book is really too much publicity, and triggered a series of imitation cases resulted in Victor Dutch act, the book was banned in several European countries published. In 1974, David Philip, a sociologist at the University of California at San Diego, decided to study whether the media coverage of suicides could