The Fiscal Stimulus‚ Flawed but Valuable But I’m also an empirical economist who’s spent a career trying to estimate the effects of monetary and fiscal policy. So let me put on my empiricist’s hat and evaluate what we know about the legislation’s effects. After listening to Representative Paul Ryan in the vice-presidential debate‚ you might think that careful evaluation isn’t needed. In his view‚ we spent $800 billion on the stimulus‚ yet unemployment still rose to 10 percent — so obviously it
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difference between learning styles and learning modalities.[1] Learning styles: what do we know?[2] What are learning styles?[3] Learning styles are simply the way a child learns best.[4] Learning styles theory says that there are different learning modalities and that individuals have a preferred modality.[5] A consequence of this theory is that effective teaching should present a variety of teaching methods which cover all three learning modalities so that different students have equal opportunities
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The brain and its ever-evolving truths Don B.A. Vitucci Concordia University Theories of Teaching and Learning EDGR 535 Dr. Edith Molinier October 9‚ 2014 Abstract The purpose of this research is to become familiarized and conversant with the anatomy and physiology of the brain or more specifically‚ to evaluate the research‚ selecting an element within the research‚ and assimilate it to an analogous personal situation. The contextual format will include learning‚ needs‚ and discovery
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pain and can vary quite substantially from one individual to another. As patients are managed and treated for symptoms they are often at some point referred for spinal diagnostic imaging such as X-rays‚ CT scans and MRI’s. The diagnostic imaging modality will very often demonstrate commonly encountered findings associated with degenerative disc disease. As the results become available to patients‚ care providers‚ legal counsel and Insurance carriers‚ it raises questions with regards to the relationship
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Simple Stimulus Learning Lauren N. Jones Psychology 550 February 28‚ 2011 Dr. Rachel Needle Simple Stimulus Learning “Stimulus learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior‚ or behavior repertoire which occurs as a result of experience” (Terry‚ 2009). Since there is no possible way to observe knowledge itself‚ behaviors are our only source of observing what has taken place concerning learning. Learning is an inclusion of the potential for change in behavior. This change in behavior
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CAM Therapeutic Modalities Florence Gray SCI 201 October 18‚ 2010 Phil Bellefeuille CAM Therapeutic Modalities The following paper will define alternative medicine‚ complementary medicine‚ and integrative medicine. It will describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms. In addition‚ it will review the philosophy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and how it is different from conventional Western medicine and a description of the five domains of therapy
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CAM Therapeutic Modalities Margie R. Collins SOC/201 Survey of Alternative Medicine November17‚ 2014 Kay Ach CAM Therapeutic Modalities In the pursuit of health and well-being‚ many Americans along with the world‚ have used Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the past decade. In July 30‚ 2009‚ National Health Statistic Reports demonstrated on a test conducted in 2007 “that about 38.3% of adults (83 million persons) and 11.8% of children (8.5 million children under the age of 18 years)
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Simple Stimulus Learning In the following analysis of various forms of simple stimulus learning‚ the concept of habituation‚ including many examples will be studied and explained. Three factors that affect perceptual learning will be analyzed. Those factors include presenting contrasting stimuli‚ transfer from easy to difficult stimuli‚ and attention and feedback. The following effects of stimulus exposure will be examined: Preference for familiar stimuli‚ priming facilitation‚ and potentiated
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Simple Stimulus “Habituation is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations” (Cherry‚ 2013). For example‚ the sound of a telephone ringing may initially draw your attention‚ but as a person becomes more accustomed to the sound he or she pays less attention to the noise and the initial response becomes less. The diminished response is habituation. When I was younger I used to work in a customer service‚ call center setting. I got used to the phones ringing day in and day out
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Introduction This paper examines application of 2 different psychotherapy modalities on trauma. The psychotherapy approaches‚ namely‚ psychodynamic therapy approach and Focusing-oriented psychotherapy‚ will be explored through examination of a case. Different approaches use different interventions‚ which are rooted in perspective theories. Examining how a clinician could work with the case in this paper through the lens of each approach would help us understand the theories’ strengths and challenges
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