?1. [Smith‚ Thelon‚ et al.] Which of the following experimental manipulations Made infants *less* likely to commit the A-not-B error? A1. Conservation 2. [General] The phenomenon of synaesthesia supports which of the following Conclusions about modularity in the human cognitive architecture? A2. supports the idea that the color-induction process in grapheme-color synaesthesia is automatic -concurrent color sensation is treated by the brain as a meaningful stimulus subject to contextual integration
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resources to successfully carry out its competitive strategy. Strategic management is adaptive and keeps an organization relevant. In these dynamic times it is more likely to succeed than the traditional approach of “if it ain’t broke‚ don’t fix it.”Rationality has a deeprooted tradition in enterprise management. From Adam Smith‚ economics saw people as rational
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in a slightly different way. Two of the ethical lenses emphasize using rationality – critical thinking – to determine what behavior is ethical. * Rights and Responsibilities Lens: You (autonomy) use your reason (rationality) to determine the universal principles and rules by which you and others should live. * Relationship Lens: The members of the community (equality) use their collective reason (rationality) to design and implement processes to assure justice for all. Two of the ethical
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1992. Elster‚ Jon‚ and Karl Ove Moene‚ eds. Alternatives to Capitalism. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1989. Friedman‚ Milton. Essays in Positive Economics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 1953. Hands‚ D. Wade. Testing‚ Rationality‚ and Progress: Essays on the Popperian Tradition in Economic Methodology‚ Worldly Philosophy. Lanham‚ MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers‚ 1992 Hausman‚ Daniel M.‚ ed. The Philosophy of Economics: An Anthology. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University
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Bureaucratization of Society 43 The McDonaldization of Society GEORGE RITZER The success of fast food chains is used by Ritzer as a metaphor for some general trends characterizing contemporary American society.We have become a nation driven by concerns for rationality‚ speed‚ and efficiency that are so well illustrated by the McDonalds’ style of operation. Food‚ packaging‚ and service are designed to move quickly and cheaply through and out of these restaurants‚ giving customers the most modern eating experience
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compassion and order in the context of revolutionary war and major social upheaval. Two women in particular clearly embody Dickens’s commentary: Madame Defarge‚ whose unrelenting loyalty to revolution and deviation from feminine norms leads to a loss of rationality; and Lucie Manette‚ who embraces and internalizes the ideals of British family life and rejoices in
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expectations. Efficient market hypothesis has the following implications for investor: Rationality It assumes that investors act rationality. It means that everyone in the stock market will adjust their expectation on the stock price in a rational way after new information announced. Independent Deviations from Rationality EMH also assumes that some investors are independently deviate from rationality meaning they are over-optimistic or over-pessimistic on the stock price. It suggests that
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Kant was part of enlightenment period Morality is entirely determined by what someone wills because a good will is the only thing that is good with out provocations. Every other character trait is only morally good once we qualify it as such. Kant morality is all about what someone wills and not about the end result or consequence is. Someone can be happy but for immoral reasons. Kant it is really the thought that counts. Motivation is everything. What does Bentham and Mills look at consequences
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the greatest benefit or satisfaction and that are in their highest self-interest (Investopedia.com‚ 2011).” In other words‚ Rational Choice Theory states that people are human beings base their behavior on rational calculations‚ they act with rationality when making choices‚ and their choices are aimed at optimization of their pleasure or profit (BusinessDictionary.com n.d.). Rational Choice Theory originated in the late eighteenth century by Cesare Beccaria whom was an Italian philosopher‚ criminologist
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describes that people are capable of being individuals while also contributing to the collective welfare of a given society. Weber notes that they key characteristics of the Protestant Ethic are a growing skepticism of authority‚ money and industry‚ rationality‚ individualism and investment Although at times unaware‚ many great thinkers who constructed legal documents after the spreading of the Protestant Ethic used this opinion to formulate their own arguments. For example‚ Locke’s “Second Treatise of
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