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    Differentiate between Rational and Adaptive Expectations and clearly explain their role in focusing on future macro-economic variables 1. Rational Expectations The theory of rational expectations was first proposed by John F. Muth of Indiana University in the early 1960s. He used the term to describe the many economic situations in which the outcome depends partly on what people expect to happen. Rational expectations theory is an assumption in a model that the agent under study uses a forecasting

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    RATIONAL NUMBER CLASS IN JAVA AIM To write a program to find the rational form of rational number. ALGORITHM 1. Start the program. 2. Declare the class name as rational and assign num‚ den as two parameters. 3. Declare constructor as rational and numerator and denominator as parameter. 4. Then write to string () method to print the rational class object as a string. 5. To get the GCD value using static method use GCD (int m‚ int n) method. 6. Get the num and den from the

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    Apple Inc. – Rational System Apple Inc. was formerly known as Apple Computer Inc for about 3 decades‚ but removed the word "Computer" in 2007‚ to show the company ’s ongoing progression into the consumer electronics market‚ in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple Inc is a corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics such as the iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad‚ computer software such as the Mac OS X operating system‚ and personal computers such as the Mac Book and Mac Book

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    Comparing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Becoming a Helper‚ they both discuss the theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. They discuss the most important details of the theoretical approach. Rational emotive behavior therapy rests on the premise that thinking‚ evaluating‚ analyzing‚ questioning‚ doing‚ practicing and redefining the basics of behavior change (Corey‚ Corey‚ 2011‚ p. 170). This theory assumes that individuals are born with the potential for rational thinking but that they

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    Choice theory was born out of the perspective of crime causation which states that criminality is the result of conscious choice. This theory is also known as the rational choice theory. According to this theory‚ the choice whether or not to commit a criminal act is the result of a rational thought process that weighs the risks of paying the costs of committing a crime‚ against the benefits obtained. In other words‚ if the benefits--monetary or otherwise--outweigh the risks of sustaining the costs

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    Rational Murderers Murder is‚ by the world’s definition‚ the worst criminal offense possible. According to Vito & Maahs (2012)‚ murder is defined as the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. The United States punishes murderers by giving them extremely long sentences in prison‚ usually life long‚ or a sentence of death where the offender’s own life is taken. Even though this punishment is universally known throughout the nation‚ murders are still committed. According

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    Stephanie G. Devins Student ID: 0968193 Mentor: Sarah Hertz Date: October 14‚ 2013 Degree: Associates of Science Degree in Business‚ Management and Economics Concentration: Business Management Rational Essay Introduction I’m currently enrolled at Empire State College‚ Center for Distance Learning to achieve my goals to obtain an Associate and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business‚ Management and Economics with a concentration in Business Management. My professional life began as a Manager’s

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    approach to rational decision making process. It discusses how an everyday problem faced by management can be tackled by using facts‚ opinions and reasonable reasons. 1.0 introduction Decision making describes the process by which a course of action is selected to deal with a specific problem. The success of an organization depends greatly on the decisions of managers. There are two major types of models used by managers to make decisions rational model and non-rational models. In the rational model‚

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    Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)is a theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy developed in the 1950’s by Albert Ellis‚ a clinical psychologist. Ellis believes that when highly charged emotional consequences follow a significant event‚ the event actually does not necessarily cause the consequences. Instead‚ they are largely created by the individual’s belief system. When undesirable emotional consequences occur‚ such as severe anxiety‚ Ellis believes that when irrational

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    want to act. The rational choice theory says that criminal behavior is caused by internal and external factors outside of the individual’s control. Cesare Lombroso suggests that the physiological traits such as the measurements of someone cheek bones‚ or their hairline. The positivism theory says its factors like poverty‚ subcultures or lower levels of education can predispose people to crime. All of those are proven factors of crime through key sociological theories. The rational choice theory is

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