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    a salesperson shows competence and knowledge. This has pushed Digicel to be the top efficient service provider of telecommunication in Jamaica. Second characteristic is dependability; this is the extent to which a salesperson consistently and predictably follows through on commitments he/she makes to others. Digicel sales practices indicates this when they offer free nights promotion to customers. This promotion was always offered once a customer puts on two hundred dollars before 9pm. This allows

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    “Superman is about the visit the relocation centers’ & the Limits of Wartime Liberalism” In “‘Superman is about the visit the relocation centers’ & the Limits of Wartime Liberalism” Gordon Chang clearly explains that‚ “Japs were frequent and predictably portrayed as villains” (Chang 38)‚ and as a consequence of the powerful media used to show that‚ it “highly influenced” the public opinion on them. In the comic strip‚ they are described as “cruel-faced” and “sinister-looking” which make the Japanese

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    But understanding and insight is not enough. In order to significantly change themselves‚ They almost always have to pinpoint their irrational philosophies work at changing them to more functional and self helping attitudes. Cognitive‚ Emotive-evocative and Behavioral. -Ellis 2003- Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) the first of the cognitive behavior therapies‚ and nowadays

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    will be explored only as it relates to current behavior and beliefs. During the therapeutic process‚ the client and the counselor will explore his inability to respond appropriately when frustrations occur. Exploration would include disputing irrational thoughts and beliefs‚ and exercising more appropriate positive replacement behaviors. This case conceptualization will create a hypothesis of the client’s aggressive behavior. Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy framework‚ the counselor will

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    The rational and irrational of Mathematics In the novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and the collection of short stories Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges‚ mathematics plays an integral role in both authors’ writhing. In We‚ Zamyatin creates a world called the One State that is a fictional representation of Soviet Russia‚ and the One State is an advanced utopia that uses mathematics to control and comprehend the universe. While in Labyrinths‚ a majority of Borges short stories focus on a philosophy of infinity

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    The main goal of an REBT therapist is to challenge the wrong-irrational beliefs of their clients in order to replace them with new rational thoughts. When the client tries to respond to the therapist’s challenges he realizes the unreasoning‚ demanding nature of his beliefs‚ for approval‚ fair treatment‚ and getting

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    is more important than fear which is shown through his actions and words‚ and that reveals greed for more power will cause one to resort to an irrational nature. Macbeth’s judgment being power is more important than fear is shown through his actions towards Duncan and Banquo‚ which displays that greed for more power will cause one to resort to an irrational nature. Macbeth murdering King Duncan reveals his judgment. If someone found out about Macbeth killing Duncan‚ then he would have been killed

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    Definition of Anchoring Effect: Agents would make decisions based on adjacent arbitrary event or exposure. It is one kind of “representativeness” heuristic Bounded rationality (heusistics) leading to preference reversal in the Prominence effect and response and Compatibility effect Agents use heuristics which‚ on average work‚ but sometimes it leads to inconsistent choices (preference reversal) in regards to the matching of prices/costs Bounded rationality (heusistics) leading to preference

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    that involving irrational and rational components ‚ irrational being needs and‚ instincts or wants but can be controlled by reason. The other part is rational‚ or cognitive‚ to think or remember. In the story Kurtz and even Marlow are compelled by the irrational and rational components in the nature of the soul thus relating to the spirit of industrialization in which there was a strive for new knowledge‚ to think of new ways to do things and make them easier but also in an irrational way in that

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    counseling session at 2 to attend. On the way to Cleveland‚ I get behind a person who was going about the speed limit. I noticed I had 20 minutes to get to Cleveland; however‚ I was only about 15 minutes away. I was angry for no reason. I was having irrational thoughts that were causing me to have road rage and be very angry. For example‚ I believed‚ “I might be late for my session‚ and my counselor will hate me.” Secondly‚ I believed‚ “that I had to be somewhere more important than the driver in front

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