Behavioral Sciences
mobi |eng | 2004-11-24 | Author:Kathleen Taylor [Taylor, Kathleen]

Figure 10.1 A human brain, schematically rendered. (a) Lateral (outer) view, showing approximate location of the PFC. (b) Medial (inner) view, showing approximate location of the anterior cingulate cortex. The ...
( Category: Medicine December 2,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-16 | Author:Reid Hastie & Robyn M. Dawes [Hastie, Reid]

What do you think is the probability that the cab in the accident was Green, as the witness claimed? (p. 211) Let’s represent the information of the problem in terms ...
( Category: Behavioral Sciences December 2,2017 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-08-25 | Author:Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird [Burger, Edward B.]

Overcoming bias. Do you remember that shadows are the color of the sky? That counterintuitive reality reminds us that preconceived notions, bias, and prejudice color our view of the world. ...
( Category: Creativity December 2,2017 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2009-09-22 | Author:Morgan D. Jones [Jones, Morgan D.]

Option A Option B Option C Option D We then ask ourselves: Which is better, A or B? We put a pencil mark after the one we decide is better, ...
( Category: Management & Leadership December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2010-09-02 | Author:Dan Hill [Hill, Dan]

What does it all mean? Well, for one thing two groups of motivations – empowerment and enjoyment – predominate among the sampling we’ve tested. They’re the most prolific. The second ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-07-31 | Author:Michael S. A. Graziano

11 Consciousness as Integrated Information In the previous chapter I discussed one of the most common theoretical approaches to consciousness—the social construction of consciousness. A second common theoretical approach is ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Syed Azmatullah [Azmatullah, Syed]

Motivation without FEAR As activating the FEAR/Anxiety motivational system is inappropriate as a motivational strategy in the workplace, which of the other basic motivational systems provide the best platform upon ...
( Category: Psychology & Counseling December 2,2017 )
mobi, pdf, epub |eng | 2015-04-27 | Author:Oliver Sacks

Thanks so much for your charming letter. Have read Awakenings and think it a masterpiece. I do congratulate. My only query, if you want laymen to read it—as they should—is ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2008-07-30 | Author:Howard E. Gardner [Gardner, Howard E.]

Some of the questions seem practical in nature. Should we call for specialist teachers or train regular classroom teachers in the arts? Should we focus on one or two art ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2012-03-26 | Author:Larry D. Ph.D. Rosen [Rosen, Larry D. Ph.D.]

EIGHT You Only Think You’re Dying When Pain Is Just Pain My co-worker Tammy is always telling me about these health problems she has. It seems like every time I ...
( Category: Social Sciences December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2009-09-30 | Author:John Anderson [Anderson, John]

General Characteristics of Skill Acquisition | 247 FIGURE 9.4 Examples of the spatially transformed texts used in Kolers’s studies of the acquisition of reading skills. The asterisks indicate the starting ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2014-04-21 | Author:John Medina

After encoding, working memory kicks in What happens to declarative information after those first few moments of encoding? We have the ability to hold it in our memory for a ...
( Category: Behavioral Sciences December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2011-11-14 | Author:James A. Roberts [Roberts, James A.]

Chapter 10 Heaven Help Us: The Prosperity Gospel If you want “pie-in the sky when you die,” then Reverend Ike is not your man. If you want your pie now, ...
( Category: Personal Finance December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-04 | Author:Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons [Chabris, Christopher]

And Then What Happened? The illusory perception of causes from correlations is closely tied to the appeal of stories. When we hear that teens are listening to sexually explicit music ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )