Appreciation of humor sense in college students

Appreciation of humor includes several cognitive and social processes. None can say that two communities will laugh at the same jokes and find funny the same humorous content. This study worked differences in humor appreciation of university students and comparisons were made between sex and age of participants. To assess the appreciation of humor was built an instrument with 15 written jokes. This instrument was presented to a total sample of 81 students, divided into 3 groups of different age. Participants had to evaluate two aspects: the playfulness and the difficulty of each stimulus or humorous vignette. The jokes that showed significant differences in jocularity have a particular structure marked for a disqualifying content to men, indicating, as noted the literature, that men have more fun with sexual humor and prefers this kind of jokes as well as content related to aggressive or hostile, while women have more fun with humorous vignettes when the man is the victim and reject more when the victim is a woman. In terms of age and the appreciation of humor, there are differences in the type of situations and social contexts valued in the jokes, involving relationship between situational and social aspects of humor.

Alcohol consumption in young college students

Descriptive Cross-sectional study involving 787 students from a private university in Bogota. Its objectives were to determine the alcohol consump- tion prevalence, alcoholism and risk of alcoholism and determine the current pattern of alcohol con- sumption. A survey –which included the CAgE index– was used to collect the data. A prevalence of alcoholism of 23%, and of risk of alcoholism of 15% were found. Results show that alcohol con- sumption in university students begins in high school and it is a problematic conduct that it is worth being enlarged and analyzed in greater detail including other variables and perfecting the diag- nosis of alcoholism and its risk in order to achieve early identification and intervention.

Predictors of Attitudes toward Cosmetic Surgery among U.S. and Colombian College Women: The Roles of Eating Behaviors and Demographic Variables

Cross-cultural studies on eating behaviors and related constructs can identify cultural and social factors that contribute to eating disorder symptomatology. Eating disorders (EDs) are a major cause for concern in the U.S., and recent studies in Colombia have shown growing rates among their female population. In addition, cosmetic surgery procedures have been increasing rapidly in both the U.S. and Colombia, and preliminary research suggests a positive relation between disordered eating and endorsement of plastic surgery. In samples of college women from Colombia and the U.S., we investigated patterns of association between disordered eating variables and cosmetic surgery acceptance. Our approach utilized separate analyses for various subcomponents of disordered eating (to determine their unique associations with cosmetic surgery acceptance) while adjusting for potentially relevant covariates and examining cross-cultural patterns. Participants were students at an urban, public college in the U.S. (n=163) and an urban, private college in Colombia (n=179). Overall, our findings suggested that participants from Colombia with greater disordered eating were more likely to endorse cosmetic surgery for social reasons, while those from the U.S. were more likely to consider undergoing cosmetic surgery for personal reasons. Differing findings between the two samples may be due to cultural and social factors, which we delineate. These findings also have potential implications for presurgical counseling of cosmetic surgery candidates.

Luis Antonio Robles sombra y luz : con la sombra en la epidermis y la luz en el alma

Mediante el presente texto se quiere resaltar la vida de Luis Antonio Robles ("El negro Robles", como se le conoce), quien vivió en una importante época de la construcción de nuestro país, en la cual ni era común que alguien de su raza llegase a las instituciones de educación superior y, mucho menos, que ocupase altos cargos e incidiese en la vida policía como él hizo. Luis Antonio Robles ingresó a la Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario en 1868; fue Colegial y se graduó como doctor en Jurisprudencia en el año 1872, destacándose por su inteligencia y su excelente rendimiento académico. El 11 de mayo de 2010, el señor rector y los Conciliarios del Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario invitaron a toda la comunidad académica al descubrimiento de una placa conmemorativa de Luis A. Robles "El Negro Robles" que dice: " Luis A. Robles. 1849-1899. Colegial. Doctor en Jurisprudencia, catedrático servidor del a República. Su vida y obra ejemplares enseñaron que la sangre afrocolombiana nutre las raíces de la patria". Es importante destacar la concurrida presencia tanto de los miembros de la comunidad rosarista como de distinguidos representantes de la vida política, de líderes de las comunidades afrocolombianas, así como de una delegación que se desplazó desde varias ciudades de La Guajira y de algunos miembros de la Fundación Luis Antonio Robles. El reconocimiento que se quiere hacer hoy al a vida de Luis Antonio Robles parte de la presentación que a continuación se hace del texto "introducción a la filosofía de la moral y las ciencias políticas" que recoge los apuntes de clase del doctor Robles y el cual se encuentra comentado por el Dr. Jacobo Pérez Escobar, quien de manera muy gentil nos permitió su reproducción. Adicionalmente, se presentan las palabras que en el homenaje hicieron el doctor Hans Peter Knudsen Quevedo, Rector del Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario y el doctor Jacobo Pérez Escobar, principal biógrafo de Luis Antonio Robles. De igual forma se presentan las palabras de la estudiante de la Facultad de Jurisprudencia, Diana Carolina Prado Mosquera y el texto "El Negro Robles: Adalid de la democracia" el doctor Amylkar D. Acosta M, quien gentilmente también nos ha permitido reproducirlo. En la parte final se incluye la galería fotográfica donde se recogen las principales imágenes del homenaje que se realizó en el aula Máxima del Claustro, en honor a Luis Antonio Robles. Debemos agradecer, en primer término, al Dr. Jacobo Pérez Escobar por su desinteresada pero maravillosa participación en este proyecto, que nos permitió conocer de manera profunda la vida de Luis Antonio Robles; y, en segundo lugar, al Dr. Amylkar D. Acosta por su aporte del texto que a continuación presentaremos.

Breve historia del alma, o el alma en la historia

Si afirmamos una “Historia del Alma”, partimos de una mínima intuición, y es que ésta no sólo existe, sino que podemos pretender hacerle un seguimiento, o por lo menos ubicarla como entidad presente en un espacio y tiempo determinados