Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk Daniel Kahneman; Amos Tversky Econometrica‚ Vol. 47‚ No. 2. (Mar.‚ 1979)‚ pp. 263-292. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0012-9682%28197903%2947%3A2%3C263%3APTAAOD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 Econometrica is currently published by The Econometric Society. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides
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A study of queuing system Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines‚ or queues. The theory enables mathematical analysis of several related processes‚ including arriving at the (back of the) queue‚ waiting in the queue (essentially a storage process)‚ and being served at the front of the queue. The theory permits the derivation and calculation of several performance measures including the average waiting time in the queue or the system‚ the expected number waiting or receiving service
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HEAD: NURSING THEORY Nursing Theory: Explanation and Relevance to Nursing Practices Katherine Lott Azusa Pacific University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing UNRS 306 Professor Cone May 20‚ 2009 Merriam Webster defines the word "theory" as "a belief‚ policy‚ or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action." There are various categories of theories accepted and practiced throughout the world and throughout professional practices today. One example of a type of theory is a nursing
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Dante Davis 5/12/14 Period 2 Conspiracy Theories Many people believe the government plays a role in many different tragic events that have happened in the United States. Some of the events include the Boston Bombing‚ 9/11‚ The John F. Kennedy shooting and many‚ many more. Many people say that there is a secret society that the government controls called illuminati. Those behind conspiracies‚ who are the most evil people on earth‚ are incredibly powerful and intelligent‚ but occasionally
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Attribution theory is the study of various models that attempt to explain those processes.[1] Psychological research into attribution began with the work of Fritz Heider in the early part of the 20th century‚ subsequently developed by others such as Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner. Contents 1 Background 2 Types 2.1 Explanatory attribution 2.2 Interpersonal attribution 3 Theories 3.1 Common sense psychology 3.2 Correspondent inference theory
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The Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory NUR 501 Chamberlain School of Nursing Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory Introduction The environment theory of nursing is a patient-care theory. The delivery of patient centered care is the best delivery of care a patient can receive. Applying Nightingales environmental care theory of manipulation of the patient environment can affect the patient and assist in the delivery
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Harddick Iceberg Theory Essay Period 3 9/23/12 Hemingway is known to write by the “principle of the iceberg” which is a method that keeps the reader constantly intrigued or alert by leaving things open for their interpretation because almost everything he says has a deeper or double meaning. Throughout a collection of his short stories‚ readers find alternate meanings behind words that could appear to be endless. Audiences need to rely on an understanding of this theory to comprehend the true
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and Loss: Vol. 3. Loss. New York: Basic Books. Bowlby‚ J. (1988). A Secure Base. Oxon: Routledge. Bowlby‚ R. (2008) ‘Attachment Theory: How to help young children acquire a secure attachment’ (Speech‚ European Parliament‚ 8th January 2008) http://www.allianceforchildhood.eu/files/QOC%20Sig%204.pdf Bretherton‚ I. (1992) ‘The Origins of Attachment Theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’‚ Developmental Psychology 28: 759-775 Daniel‚ S. (2006) ‘Adult attachment patterns and individual
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One such influential psychological theory of crime is by Bowlby (1969)‚ who emphasized that crime is the product of attachment insecurity with the mother. Bowlby identified that the type of attachment relationship in childhood leads to the development of a cognitive framework known as the internal working model which consists of mental representations for understanding the world‚ self and others. A person’s actions and interactions are guided by this internal working model and influences their contact
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Nursing Theory. -Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem) Dorothy Orem’s self care deficit theory‚ general theory of nursing is one of the host widely used model in nursing today. In 1914‚Orem was born in Baltimore ‚Maryland. She received her nursing diploma in the early 1930’s from Providence Hospital School of Nursing ‚Washington D.C. In addition to earning a BSN Ed.(1939) and MSN Ed.(1945)‚ She has received three honorary doctorates and an Alumni Achievement Award For Nursing Theory in 1980
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