Beck Hopelessness Scale General Information The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) was developed by Aaron T. Beck and Robert A. Steer. First published in 1988 and revised in 1993‚ the BHS is a 20 item scale measuring pessimism and optimism. The instrument is designed to be self-administered‚ or verbally administered if necessary‚ to individuals between the ages of 17 and 80 years of age and takes approximately five to ten minutes for completion. Individual’s true/false answers provide evidence to
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Economies of scale Puregold is perhaps one of the companies that are benefiting from economies of scale‚ and for good reason. As a dominant player in retailing‚ the company’s size provides it with enormous efficiencies that it uses to keep costs low. For example‚ its size allows Puregold to do its own purchasing more efficiently since it has roughly 250 large stores worldwide. This gives the company tremendous bargaining power with its suppliers. Not only does it get its products cheaper‚ but its
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Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University‚[11] colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford‚ California‚ adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco. Stanford’s undergraduate program is the most selective in America.[12][13][14][15][16] Due to its academic strength‚ wealth‚ and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] The university was
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Small-Scale Industries in the Globalization Era: The case of Jordan Basem M. Lozi‚ Assistance Professor‚ Al-Balqa Applied University‚ basem_lozi@yahoo.com Abstract The research examines the role of SSI in the economic development of Jordan by showing the effects of the SSI on the unemployment rate‚ production‚ and sales. The research concludes with policy recommendations to ensure the sustained and competitive growth of small-scale industries in Jordan. The results of the study show that the growth
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explored in the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ Philip Zimbardo states people change with they are given “power without oversight” (Zimbardo‚ The Psychology of Evil‚ TedTalk). Though the students were considered “good apples‚” the combination of situation and the system caused the guards to lose their identities and to abuse their power in inhumane ways. The results of the experiment were derived many observations and conclusions about the subjects; however‚ Zimbardo’s switch between running the experiment
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2013 The Pleasure Scale As we go through life we will experience different events that will help shape the scales that we use in life. Biss talks about how pain is our own experience and no one else can feel the same intensity of pain that we feel at any given point in the day. I believe that it can also be turned around no one can feel the same type of pleasure that I feel. There is no way that I can write a scale of pleasure that fits every person that is on the earth; the only scale that I can make
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terrifying it is. There were male as well as female and even worst‚ children was in that dreadful place. They were treated worse than animals in my opinion‚ I cannot see in no one lives they should have to encounter such gruesome experience. The Stanford prison experiment was conducted on August 14th to 20th‚ 1971.The team of researchers were led by professor Phillip Zimbardo.This experiment was conducted with college students. This experiment was also dehumanizing although the prisoners were forced
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Definition of small scale industry INTRODUCTION � An organization can be classified as a small business using criteria of employees ‚annual sales or total assets .small industry any independently owned and operated profit seeking enterprise that has a fewer than 500 employees .small industry may be little in size ‚but they have little impact on the world economy . in india ‚small and medium industy play a vital role in the growth of economy . Small industry have a 40 percent of share in
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Large Scale Fading and Channel modeling Using Matlab March 2012 Large scale fading and channel modeling Using Matlab Introduction The fading phenomenon can be broadly classified into two different types: large-scale fading and small-scale fading. Large-scale fading occurs as the mobile moves through a large distance‚ for example‚ a distance of the order of cell size . It is caused by path loss of signal as a function of distance and shadowing by large objects such as
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experiment done in 1971 to a real life military situation during wartime. The article also tries to link the experiment to another horrible act done by someone suffering from various mental illnesses with extremely mixed results. Is there a correlation between these three events as far as the mental states of the participants? The article starts off telling the story of Sergeant John M Russell taking the lives of 5 American Soldiers on May 11‚ 2009. After he pled guilty to this appalling act‚ more detailed
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