Discussion Paper No. 10-093 Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages Rémi Piatek and Pia Pinger Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1739746 Non-technical summary This paper investigates the impact of an individual’s level of locus of control‚ a concept commonly used in social psychology (Rotter‚ 1966)‚ on educational choices and wages. We establish that more internal individuals‚ i.e.‚ who believe that reinforcement
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Gun Control Part I:Introduction The issue of gun control and violence‚ both in Canada and the United States‚ is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide‚ no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is‚ it is probable that the arguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have been. In 1977‚ legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament regulating long guns for the first time‚ restructuring the availability of firearms‚ and increasing a variety
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Birth control today is widely available and talked about to keep people informed of all of their options. There was a span of time where people especially women had no knowledge of any sort about birth control or the ability to attain any. Margaret Sanger was the woman that was able to start informing woman of all of their options‚ and gave them a chance to be in control of their own reproductive systems‚ but why did Margaret Sanger advocate for birth control? What people now experience when it
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required: * vitamin C indicator solution * three 50 mL beakers or medicine cups * one 10 mL graduated cylinder * three disposable pipettes * one stirring rod * Sources of Vitamin C: freshly squeezed OJ‚ bottled OJ‚ frozen OJ‚ canned OJ * Optional: container for waste solutions and source of clean rinse water There are two different preparations (starch-iodine or indophenol) that may be used for the vitamin C indicator solution. Neither is more accurate than the other
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(PREDICT THE OUTPUT) Q1. What will be the output of the following arithmetic expression? 5+3*2%10-8*6 a) -37(Y) b) -42 c) -32 d) -28 Q2. What will be the output of the following statement? Printf (3 + "goodbye"); A) goodbye B) odbye C) bye D) dbye(Y) Q3. What will be the output of the following statements? int x[4] = {1‚2‚3}; printf("%d %d %D"‚x[3]‚x[2]‚x[1]); a) 03%D b) 000 c) 032(Y) d) 321 Q4). Predict the Output? void main () { int a=10‚b=20; char x=1‚y=0; if(a‚b‚x‚y) { printf("EXAM");
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Consumed by Control Are we motivated by the search for control or does this desire actually control us? People who are desperate for power rarely feel at peace unless they have a sense of influence over those around them. In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ Prospero loses his leadership to his brother and decides to use a purely psychological form of retaliation. Consequently‚ Prospero stops seeking revenge in scene V when his efforts give him the control he needs to regain satisfaction in life
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short-term planning and control. It is employed‚ no doubt‚ in large business houses‚ but even the small businesses are using it at least in some informal manner. Through the budgets‚ a business wants to know clearly as to what it proposes to do during an accounting period or a part thereof. The technique of budgeting is an important application of Management Accounting. Probably‚ the greatest aid to good management that has ever been devised is theuse of budgets and budgetary control. It is a versatile
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Mae C. Jemison Her Birth Mae C. Jamison was born in on October 17‚ 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. She was the youngest child to Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity and her mother was a elementary teacher. When Mae Jemison was three years old when her parents moved to Chicago‚ Illinois so there kids can get a better education. At a very young age Mae Jemison expressed an interest in science and astronomy. In elementary she was asked what she wanted
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the owners or transferred to dangerous people through theft or unregulated sale. Whether the social costs of gun ownership are positive or negative is arguably the most fundamental question for the regulation of firearms in the United States. Gun control laws and policy vary greatly around the world. Some countries‚ such as the United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others‚ such as the United States‚ have relatively modest limits. In some countries‚ the topic remains a source
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(LTO). Individualism (IDV) vs. Collectivism is the level in which individuals are combined into groups. The higher the rating‚ the closer the culture is to individualism‚ and the lower the rating the closer the country is to collectivism. Being more individualistic means the people of the culture are expected to look after themselves and the immediate family around them. They do not have any ties to anyone‚ and it is the social norm for one to make their wealth on their own. An example of high
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