Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory suggests that people with OCD associate certain objects or situations with fear‚ and that they learn to avoid the things they fear or to perform rituals that help reduce the fear. This pattern of fear and avoidance/ritual may begin when people are under periods of high emotional stress‚ such as starting a new job or ending a relationship. At such times‚ we are more vulnerable to fear and anxiety. Often things once regarded as "neutral" may begin to bring
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(wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/acp.1731 Can Preference for Background Music Mediate the Irrelevant Sound Effect? NICK PERHAM* and JOANNE VIZARD School of Psychology‚ University of Wales Institute Cardiff‚ Cardiff‚ UK Summary: Research suggests that listening to background music prior to task performance increases cognitive processes‚ such as attention and memory‚ through the mechanism of increasing arousal and positive mood. However‚ music preference has not been explored with regard to a more
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It has become something of a cliché to observe that despite many decades of research and hundreds of studies‚ the connections between people’s consumption of the mass media and their subsequent behaviour have remained persistently elusive. Indeed‚ researchers have enjoyed an unusual degree of patience from both their scholarly and more public audiences. But a time must come when we must take a step back from this murky lack of consensus and ask - why? Why are there no clear answers on media effects
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efficient frontier “OCTOBER: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The other are July‚ January‚ September‚ April‚ November‚ May‚ March‚ June‚ December‚ August‚ and February.” (Mark Twain) Key ideas of portfolio theory • Risk of a single investment vs. the new investment as part of one’s existing portfolio? • Diversification = “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” • Finding the least risky portfolio for any level of target return • Finding the portfolio with
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BMCF 5103 CORPORATE FINANCE Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh Lecture 1: An Introduction to Corporate Finance Contents What is finance? What is corporate finance? The balance-sheet model of the firm Capital budgeting Capitalstructure The firm and thefinancial markets Forms of business organisation The goals of a corporation Agency relationships: stockholders versusmanagers‚ stockholders versus creditors Managers’ actions to maximise stockholder wealth Financial management
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negatively. How could you make a disease that is defined in the DSM V by unproductiveness‚ feelings of guilt and worthlessness‚ and even thoughts of suicide into something good? Scientists have created almost a dozen theories explaining the possible benefits of depression. One theory‚ developed by Dr. Andrew Miller and Dr. Charles Raison‚ claims that people who are depressed have an over-activation of the immune system which leads to inflammation‚ even when they are not affected by
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Theory Z: The In-Between and Grey Area Name Here Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne 3/24/2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the popular Theory X and Theory Y made famous by Douglas McGregor in the 1960’s which offers a very “hard” and “soft” view of leadership and addresses the grey area that is not addressed in his theory. We will take a look at the theory that is relatively new and in many respects attempts to blend the best of both of McGregor’s theories
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REPORTERS Objectives: 1. To identify the main characteristic of grounded theory. 2. ------------------------------------------------- To critically evaluate the methodology of grounded theory. Grounded Theory Grounded theory was developed in 1960’s by two sociologist‚ (Glaser and Strauss‚ 1967) one of whom (Strauss) had strong theoretical training in symbolic interaction. One of their earliest studies was grounded theory on dying in hospitals in which the prime controllable variable was characterized
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Conspiracy theories have been around for long periods of time‚ many people write them for many different reasons. The theories written can cover so many different things like; the Bill Clinton assassination theory‚ the Illuminati theory and Bermuda Triangle theory. The people who write these theories usually write them to feel more self worth‚ to feel better about what’s going on in society today. Many people tend to believe the people who write these theories. Conspiracy theories are written for
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Scientific Theory A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspects of the natural world‚ based on a body of knowledge that has been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Scientist creates scientific theories from hypothesis that have been corroborated through the scientific method‚ then gather evidence to test their accuracy. The strength of a scientific theory is related to the diversity of phenomena it can explain‚ which is measured by its ability to make
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