literary text loses so much in paraphrase or translation. However‚ despite this importance of precise wording‚ the meanings of literary works are often disturbingly imprecise. Apparently‚ the linguistics choices in literature are not the concern of applied linguistics. It does not have the same kind of direct social and economic consequences as language education policy‚ or the spread of English as lingua franca. Yet‚ it is wrong to decrease the value of the impact and importance of literature. It reflects
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Structured Behavioral Interviews The purpose of this guide is to describe one of the Washington State Department of Personnel’s (DOP) most highly recommended interview approaches. This approach is known as the structured behavioral interview. Although similar to traditional interviewing techniques‚ structured behavioral interviewing employs some elements that make it more legally defensible and useful to employers in identifying qualified candidates. All interview processes seek to: provide
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Behavioral Management Theory As management research continued in the 20th century‚ questions began to come up regarding the interactions and motivations of the individual within organizations. Management principles developed during the classical period were simply not useful in dealing with many management situations and could not explain the behavior of individual employees. In short‚ classical theory ignored employee motivation and behavior. As a result‚ the behavioral school was a natural outgrowth
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CHAPTER 12: BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS PROBLEM SETS 1. Technical analysis can generally be viewed as a search for trends or patterns in market prices. Technical analysts tend to view these trends as momentum‚ or gradual adjustments to ‘correct’ prices‚ or‚ alternatively‚ reversals of trends. A number of the behavioral biases discussed in the chapter might contribute to such trends and patterns. For example‚ a conservatism bias might contribute to a trend in prices as
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Functional Assessment and Program Development for Problem Behavior: Workbook Summary The Functional Behavioral Assessment is a problem- solving process for concentrating student behavior problems. “Problem behaviors are a source of confusion and frustration” (O’Neill‚ 1997‚ p.4). The assessment relies on an assortment of techniques and strategies to recognize the purposes of precise behavior and to assist IEP teams choose interventions to precisely address the problem behavior. Functional behavior
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FIDIC-A Guide for Practitioners Axel-Volkmar Jaeger l Go¨tz-Sebastian Ho¨k FIDIC-A Guide for Practitioners Axel-Volkmar Jaeger Moitzfeldstraße 11 51069 Ko¨ln Germany consultingservices@online.de Dr. Götz-Sebastian Hök Eschenallee 22 14050 Berlin Germany kanzlei@dr-hoek.de ISBN 978-3-642-02099-5 e-ISBN 978-3-642-02100-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02100-8 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009929206 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work
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Applied Business Law – 27 Individual Work 1 Jessica Gaskins You are an employee at a nice paper mill and want to impress the boss by burning the midnight oil (but not too close to the wood pulp). For four consecutive weeks‚ you work forty-five‚ forty-two‚ thirty-nine‚ and thirty-one hours. If you are a nonexempt employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ how many hours of overtime pay‚ if any‚ would you be entitled to? What would be the rate? The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is
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one be better than the next. Here we will look at two different approaches in explaining the psychodynamic approach and the behavioral approach. Behavior theory is becoming more and more popular because of the emphasis this approach places on teaching self management skills to better control a persons life‚ all without continued therapy. A basic assumption of behavioral perspective is that all problematic behaviors‚ conditions and emotions have already been learned. Thus they can be modified
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self-defeating thoughts and make the client less anxious (Eysenck‚ 2012). This therapy is very effective; even more effective than systematic desensitisation. CBT has proven effective in over 400 studies; Engles et al.‚ (1993) carried out a meta-analysis of 28 studies and found that CBT is effective for a number of different types of disorders. On the other hand‚ CBT fails to take into account that the irrational environments in which clients exist beyond the therapeutic situation. CBT can be useful
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Behavioral Curriculum Model Susan McIntosh CE420: Curriculum Development Professor Katherine Berry October 20‚ 2012 Give me a dozen healthy infants‚ well-formed‚ and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select -- doctor‚ lawyer‚ artist‚ merchant-chief and‚ yes‚ even beggar-man and thief‚ regardless of his talents‚ penchants‚ tendencies‚ abilities‚ vocations‚ and race of his ancestors.
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