Predictor

In the 21st century many may agree that the nation has become a technology based society. As technology has advanced society has progressed with it, although the new equipment has come in handy the evolvement has corrupted the minds of society. Some would agree that the biggest impact would be of the minds of the younger generations. Although many have benefited from technology, the question that comes up is; has the presentation of technological advancements changed the mindset in current day…

response to drink with people who want to drink heavily and with people who want to drink lightly. Ailsa Clark, Cathy Tran, Alexander Weiss, Gabriele Caselli, Ana V. Nikčević, Marcantonio M. Spada (2012) 'Personality and alcohol metacognitions as predictors of weekly levels of alcohol use in binge drinking university students ', Addictive Behaviors, 37, pp.…

The earliest work on empathy dates back to Aristotle, mentioned in his treatise, Rhetoric, and again in 1873, empathy was introduced into the world of art and aesthetics (Verducci, 2000). According to Verducci (2000), Friedrich Vischer (1807–1887), advanced the idea that the viewer of a work of art contributes to the perception of form in art. These views were expressed in his work titled Aesthetik, four volumes composed over a decade beginning in 1846 (Verducci, 2000). Vischer’s son, Robert…

Arnett, J. J. (2000). Optimistic bias in adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers. Addictive Behaviors, 25(4), 625-632. There have been several researches detailing the addictive use of cigarettes and its effect on the human brain. This effect greatly impacts adults but also severely has a greater influence on adolescents and emerging adults. Many individuals are found every year to die from the atrocities of smoking addictions but this fact does not attain the youth to the point of the…

with mistrust. Also, analytics is not completely evolved to have gained much trust. It is still in its developing stage with a lot of work still to be done to be a real predictor of consumer behavior with a high confidence level. Hence, senior management may not trust the findings from the web analytics to be an accurate predictor of consumer…

studies suggest that the past orientation has demonstrated little explanatory capability in delay discounting research (Apostolidis et al., 2006; Keough, 1999; Teuscher and Mitchell, 2011). Therefore, we focus on analysis of present and future TP as predictors of delay discounting. Present TP refers to a primary orientation to the here-and-now, and an inclination to form goals and adopt behaviors that meet immediate desires. The ZTPI distinguishes between two very different ways of being focused…

stress and codependency. They wrote the article titled "Family Stressors as Predictors of Codependency", and in this article Fuller and Warner state that "Students with a history of chronic family stress (with an alcoholic, mentally ill, or physically ill parent) had significantly higher codependency scores on both scales. The findings suggest that other types of family stressors, not solely alcoholism, may be predictors of codependency." (Fuller, Warren, 2000) The scales Fuller and Warner are…

Employee wellbeing can be affected by a plethora of various factors. To assist in explaining job wellbeing, the Job Demands and Resources Model has been developed. This model examines how job demands and job resources are related to burnout and work engagement. Job demands can be any “physical, psychological, social, or organizational aspects of the job that require sustained physical and/or psychological (cognitive and emotional) effort or skills and are therefore associated with certain…

Cultural Competency is a major issue that we face today when dealing with diverse groups and this may be because there are not enough resources to deal with these issues. Latinos most especially is one of the fastest growing groups in the United States today, but these groups are not getting the resources that they need. Some of the issues that these groups face is acculturation, language barrier, parent-adolescent conflict that may lead to the Latino girls committing suicide and maltreatment.…

Self-Handicapping in Students In 1978 Berglass and Jones introduced the term self-handicapping to describe a cognitive strategy when people avoid putting effort into a task in hope that failure will not hurt self-esteem. Humans can rationalize failure in the impending task as being due to lack of effort. One way self-handicapping has been studied is in the academic environment. Self-handicapping can be seen in educational settings and is often preceded by procrastination (Urdan & Midgley, 2001).…