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"We make choices all the time - about trivial matters as well as important ones that affect our lives and those of others. We also constantly judge the decisions that other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational and what guides our own choices, especially in cases where we do not have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making...
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The human brain is the most complex object we've discovered in the universe, and every day much of its neural circuitry is taken up with the tens of thousands of decisions we need to make. "How Do I Decide?" is a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made. We start with a simple one: choosing a flavour of frozen yoghurt, and learn that every decision we make is born of a "winner takes all" competition between rival neural...
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Traditional public policy and welfare economics have held that "market failures" are common, requiring the intervention of government in order to serve and protect the public good. In Beyond Politics, William Mitchell and Randy Simmons carefully scrutinize this traditional view through the modern theory of public choice.
The authors enlighten the relationship of government and markets by emphasizing the actual rather than the ideal workings of governments...
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Whether buying a pair of jeans or applying to college, everyday decisions, big and small, have become increasingly complex due to the abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction--but choice overload can make you question your decisions before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for...
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"Which musical instrument will you choose: a horn, a drum, or a harp? Or perhaps you're more interested in different forms of transportation: would you prefer a boat, a train, or a hot-air balloon? Whatever you choose, there are plenty of possibilities to explore. With hundreds of artifacts from the British Museum featured, readers will be poring over the pages of this book time and time again." --
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How can we best use the power of empathy when dealing with emotions? Empathy is both a skill and an attitude. Psychologists Eve Ash and Peter Quarry discuss the importance of empathy, for our work environment and our personal well-being in this exciting video. Topics featured in the program include customer service; team members, leaders, managers, and supervisors; and am I an empathic person?
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As a young mother with bipolar disorder struggles with the looming departure of her daughter (the one force of stability in her life), a daughter struggles with the decision whether to stay local for college where she can remain the stable rock in her mother's life, or to detach and go to her dream college across country.
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Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a ubiquitous tool used in college classrooms, yet most instructors admit that they are not prepared to maximize the questions' benefits. Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms is a comprehensive resource designed to enable instructors and their students to enhance student learning through the use of MCQs. Including chapters on writing questions, assessment, leveraging technology,...
18) 14 Up: Japan
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Expanding on the Up series produced in Great Britain, which starts with a group of seven-year-olds and revisits them every seven years, the Up: Japan chronicle focuses on 13 youth living in different parts of Japan. In this program, which captures the subjects at age 14, they are asked to talk about their lives, families, and future with the same honesty and frankness displayed in the original British production. Counteracting the percieved homogeneity...
19) Abortion
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Presents a series of narrative essays from a variety of viewpoints, discussing the personal experiences of women who have either considered or had an abortion, and providing accounts from professionals and activists who are involved in the issue.
20) 21 Up: U.K
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Hardly the last or least of the Up episodes, this is nevertheless the final one to include all fourteen of the series' original subjects. Charles, ending his participation, has assumed a long-haired look standard for youthful whites of the 1970s, while Symon, impressive in his afro and mustache, idolizes Muhammad Ali. Jackie and Lynn are both married. Sue is single and employed at a travel agency, but a more stark contrast to working-class matrimony...
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