...important role. Even though, there are many different theories of personality key influences from many different psychologist play a role in the theories on personality and also the brain structure of personality. The amount of personality theories that are out there is a large number but the number that is normally used is the basic four perspectives. The first perspective is the psychoanalytic perspective that emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes and the influence of early childhood experience. Also there is the humanistic perspective that represents an optimistic look at human nature, emphasizing the self and the fulfillment of a persons unique potential. The third is the social cognitive perspective this emphasizes learning and conscious cognitive processes, including the importance of beliefs about the self, goal setting, and self-regulation. Lastly is the trait perspective that emphasizes the description and measurement of specific personality differences among individuals. (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2014) Personality development theories are based on the basic four as discussed earlier. The Differences amongst the four are great. The personality theories and humanistic theories go hand in hand with one another, the personality theory is how a person behaviors, thinks and feels. Humanistic theory describes the goodness in people along with the human potential that is within. These two are much different then the trait theories that is based largely on...
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...Why do colleges rely heavily on the S.A.T & A.C.T. scores? The SAT is essentially a reasoning test used to evaluate potential college students in an unbiased way. The SAT, unlike high school academic tests, is not a place to demonstrate accumulated knowledge, and high school alone does not prepare a student for a good score on the SAT. The SAT is neither an IQ test nor a measure of academic potential. Higher scores on the SAT significantly increase a student’s college options, learning about and preparing to take the SAT is an extremely important part of the college process. Some students have a high g.p.a. but can be bad test takers regardless if they study or not. We all know that many college admissions offices imbue SAT and ACT scores with importance. At schools that are deluged with tens of thousands of applications, numbers matter, so these scores can play an outsized role in admission decisions. That means these scores can affect where individual students get to go to school. Through my High School experience, teachers told me the SAT would determine a lot of my potential in life. Having been told this, I still feel the ways that it has affected me, and I still remember all of the years it took to undo the feeling of having a test define the rest of your life. Having to apply for fee waivers and the worry related to not scoring "high enough." because of this experience, I didn’t apply to the schools I didn’t think would accept me (based on my grade), and I didn’t...
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...personality theories, types and tests personality types, behavioural styles theories, personality and testing systems - for self-awareness, self-development, motivation, management, and recruitment Motivation, management, communications, relationships - focused on yourself or others - are a lot more effective when you understand yourself, and the people you seek to motivate or manage or develop or help. Understanding personality is also the key to unlocking elusive human qualities, for example leadership, motivation, and empathy, whether your purpose is self-development, helping others, or any other field relating to people and how we behave. The personality theories that underpin personality tests and personality quizzes are surprisingly easy to understand at a basic level. This section seeks to explain many of these personality theories and ideas. This knowledge helps to develop self-awareness and also to help others to achieve greater self-awareness and development too. Developing understanding of personality typology, personality traits, thinking styles and learning styles theories is also a very useful way to improve your knowledge of motivation and behaviour of self and others, in the workplace and beyond. Understanding personality types is helpful for appreciating that while people are different, everyone has a value, and special strengths and qualities, and that everyone should be treated with care and respect. The relevance of love and spirituality - especially...
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...THE FOUR MOBILE TRAPS The Most Common Mistakes Made by Mobile Apps and Websites SUMMARY SUMMARY: FOUR COMMON MISTAKES PLAGUE MOBILE APPS AND WEBSITES Companies creating mobile apps and websites often underestimate how different the mobile world is. They assume incorrectly that they can create for mobile using the same design and business practices they learned in the computing world. As a result, they frequently struggle to succeed in mobile. These companies can waste large amounts of time and money as they try to understand why their mobile apps and websites don’t meet expectations. What’s worse, their awkward transition to mobile leaves them vulnerable to upstart competitors who design first for mobile and don’t have the same computing baggage holding them back. From giants like Facebook to the smallest web startup, companies are learning that the transition to mobile isn’t just difficult, it’s also risky. This whitepaper describes the four most common mistakes that companies make in mobile apps and websites. The traps were identified through thousands of mobile user tests run by UserTesting.com. The mistakes are common because they grow out of some of the best practices that make a company successful in the traditional computing world. The more successful you’ve been in traditional computing, the more likely you are to make these mistakes in mobile. In the pages that follow, we’ll describe the traps, how to recognize them, and what you can do...
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...Language Arts 5th 2 March, 2016 Standardized Tests in a Better World It is March 31st and it is also STAAR day. Everyone has their study guides out, and there is free breakfast in the cafeteria. Your heart is pumping so hard you can feel it pulsing throughout your body. Students complain to their parents about having way too much studying to do. Parents across America have been complaining about their kids taking standardized tests. Teachers have been complaining about how standardized tests judge their teaching skills. Standardized tests should be abolished because it puts stress on school, and it wastes a lot of class time. Standardized tests have been around since the 1900s. In World War I, generals...
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...Effectiveness of Intelligence Tests Two Types of Intelligence Testing One of the types of intelligence testing is called a Differential Aptitude Test. The differential aptitude tests are easily given and simple to score (Findley & Merwin, 1964). The four forms of the DAT provide nine scores from eight tests. The eight tests include Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Space Relations, Mechanical Reasoning, Clerical Speed and Accuracy, Language usage: Spelling, and Language Usage: Grammar (Findley & Merwin, 1964). Another type of intelligence testing is called Wechsler Intelligence Testing. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and Wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence (WPPSI) are the three different types of Wechsler Intelligence testing. Each of these test use verbal and performance tests. WAIS will be evaluated because of the broader range of age. WAIS is used as an intelligence assessment and is intended for people between the ages of 16-89. The WAIS is considerate of different cultures. This test can be used for both verbal and performance abilities. The WAIS is also used for diagnostic purposes by using the Intelligence quotient scores as criteria. The WAIS is used to help diagnose learning disabilities (Fitzgerald, Gray, and Snowden, 2007). The Effectiveness of Intelligence Testing Intelligence testing can be very effective. Both the Differential Aptitude Test and the Wechsler Adult...
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...Curriculum Enhancement in Inclusive Middle School Science", it compared differentiated and traditional (teacher-led) instruction. For twelve weeks, they tested thirteen classes of 213 students. Out of the 213, forty-four had learning difficulties. The experimental classes received differentiated instruction, such as, hands-on and peer-mediated. While the control group received teacher-led (traditional) instruction (Mastropieri et al., 2006). This was a four-fold investigation. First, it was "to determine whether differentiated curriculum enhancements relevant to the study of scientific methods could be developed for eighth-grade inclusive science classes" (Mastropieri et al., 2006, pg. 132). Secondly, using a peer-mediated format to incorporate materials. Thirdly, they wanted to see if test scores would improve if they used this randomized field trial. Finally, it was to determine whether the students had a good experience and enjoyed using these materials (Mastropieri et al., 2006). The method of data collection included four parts. Initially, the class was given a pre-test. Then they divided the classes up into two groups. For twelve weeks, 90 minutes four days a week and 45 minutes on the fifth day, the class was instructed either through the traditional way of teaching or by using differentiated instruction. The traditional classroom learned the material either through teacher-led discussion, taking notes, using the textbook or worksheets, or listening to recordings. On...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |MTH/233 Version 2 | | |Statistics | Copyright © 2010, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course surveys descriptive and inferential statistics with an emphasis on practical applications of statistical analysis. The principles of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data are covered. It examines the role of statistical analysis, statistical terminology, the appropriate use of statistical techniques and interpretation of statistical findings through applications and functions of statistical methods. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to...
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...several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. You may not remember as well but you're still being tested on what you have learned and stored in your mind. Your scores for a few tests are lower than you believe they should be. Why would who you are at school be based on tests? Using the articles by Herrington, Huddle, Kauffman and Benson, I believe that intelligence testing shouldn't be factored in school. School doesn't test what you know, it tests what you remember. Therefore, testing shouldn't be a requirement to school standards. Learning should be all school is for. To start off, Herrington (2011) had made a valid point. "What defines intelligence? Who can say who is or is not a smart person, well equipped, creative, and logical?" If you were to test a fish and a monkey on how to climb a tree, who would seem smarter? Of course the monkey would because the fish couldn't even sustain without water. But what if you tested on who would swim underneath water? It's the same for people. Some are stronger in some areas rather than others in schools and testing. She also...
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...The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) is a psychometric test used to measure psychological preferences in how a person makes decisions and perceives their surrounding environment. A mother-daughter pair, Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers developed the test based on the typological theories of Carl Gustav Jung. After more than fifty-years of research and development, the MBTI has become the most widely used and respected personality tool. Eighty-nine companies out of the US Fortune 100 make use of it for recruitment and selection, or to help employees gain a better understanding of themselves and their colleagues (Psychometric Success, 2013). The primary theory behind the MBTI is that each person's personality fits into only one of sixteen types. These categories are based on four features of personality, each consisting of two opposite preferences called dichotomies. The MBTI combines an individual’s preferences from each dichotomous pair, denoted by a letter, to yield one of the personality types. Each type is equally valuable and according to the theory, everyone has an innate preference that determines how he or she will behave in all situations (Myers-Briggs, 2013). The four dimensions are: Extroversion (E) vs Introversion (I). This dimension reflects the perceptual orientation of the individual. Extroverts are said to react to immediate and objective conditions in the environment. Introverts, however, look inward to their internal and subjective reactions...
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...Chapter 1: First Steps Using your Learning Style Profile to Succeed This article exemplifies the importance of the four modes of learning and how it enables me to achieve better academic standards for the approaching years at Ryerson. The four modes can be used while choosing courses and majors by comparing and matching courses to modes. If you prefer mode four like I do, courses that can be applied to many situations in your daily life are suitable for you. However, you cannot always match a course to your learning style and therefore must be able to develop skills to become more open in all four modes. Using the learning styles enables you to also explore career paths one may wish to take. Again, one does not have to match a certain learning style to a career path because it is important to have a range of diverse learning styles when entering a workplace. One must learn to adapt to different styles since it benefits not only your education, but improves your skills with other people. As a result of reading this article, I intend to improve and accept changes in my modes of learning. I will take this opportunity to look deeper into all four categories and create new options in my ways of learning. The Master Student This article defines what mastery is and how one can achieve mastery through different skills and techniques. The definition of mastery means achieving a level of skill that goes beyond technique. Mastery is seen everywhere. While playing soccer, mastery...
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...In a world where everyone is looking for a way to gain an advantage on their competition, professional sports are no exception. In the past thirty years we have seen the rise and fall of the notorious steroid era surrounded by the pre-steroid era and its ongoing fallout. Each of our four main professional sports leagues, The NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, have all had their own specific bouts with the same controversial issue; each of the four main sports leagues have all had to come up with their own interpretations, rulings, punishments, and general code of conduct when it comes to handling situations involving Performance Enhancing Drugs or PEDs. To further understand the issue of PEDs in domestic sports here in the US you need to take a step back and look at some of the larger scale events that effected what turned out to be the “steroid era”. Starting off in 1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his Olympic Gold Medal for testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Less than two months after Ben Johnson had his medal taken away, President Ronald Regan signed an act outlawing non-medical steroids sales as a part of his war on drugs; less than two years later congress passed the Anabolic Steroids Control Act which placed steroids in the same legal class as other drugs such as amphetamines, opium, and morphine. Scandal brought legal action, legal action turned into more strict legal action, and finally the first of the four major sports leagues got involved in the MLB...
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...In test tube one 8 mL of water and 2 mL of yeast was added to it. In test tube two 5 mL of honey and 4 mL of yeast was added to it. In test tube three 8 mL of water and 2 ml of yeast was added to it. In test tube four 5 mL of honey and 4 mL of yeast was added to it. In test tube five 8 mL of water and 2 mL of yeast was added to it. Lastly, in test tube six 5 mL of honey and 4 mL of yeast was added to it. Each individual test tube was then placed in a larger test tube and inverted. Once inverted test tubes one and two were then place in a water bath at 40C. Test tubes three and four were placed on the lab table at room temperature. Test tubes five and six were then placed in ice. The bubble height in each test tube was then recorded every 5 minutes for 20 minutes...
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...decades there have been numerous methods and tests that have been developed to assess ones personality. The more commonly known tests include the Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBIT), the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Jung Theory of Psychological Types and The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II. The listed methods are all developed by different individuals; with their very own views and opinions; however; each method is based on the basic theory that a person’s behavior are the results of specific traits that can be measured and it is these measureable traits are what make up a person’s inner habits and tendencies. There are several kinds of assessment methods that have been created to help define and measure ones individual personality and traits. For this assignment; the one used to assess my personality was the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II. The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II personality assessment tool; developed by David Kiersey was first introduced in his book Please Understand Me, which was published in 1978. It is an objective test composed of 70 questions that helps to measure and indicate the personality types of others based on his Keirsey Temperament Theory. The Keirsey Theory states that a person’s behavior can be broken down into four temperaments listed as Artisan, Guardians, Rationals, and Idealists. These four temperaments are further broken down; listing four different variants type for each referred...
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...California, Delaware, Nevada, and Georgia. The following data show the number of kindergarten students in randomly selected classrooms in these four states. These data can also be found in the Excel file kindergarten.xlsx. a. Perform a one-way ANOVA using α= 0.05 to determine if the average number of students in kindergarten classes is different in the four states. b. If warranted, perform a multiple comparison test to determine which pairs are different using α=0.05. c. Verify your results with Minitab. 11.47 Suppose Scotts Lawn Care would like to test the effectiveness of four new grass fertilizers that it has developed. Each fertilizer is applied to identical-size sections of grass, and after a period of time the sections of grass are mowed. The weight of the grass clippings are used to measure the effectiveness of the fertilizer. To control for variations in soil and ambient conditions, each fertilizer was applied to five different lawns, which can act as a blocking factor. The pounds of grass clippings for each sample are shown in the following table. These data can also be found in the Excel file fertilizer.xlsx. a. Using a randomized block ANOVA and α=0.05, does there appear to be a difference in the effectiveness of the four fertilizers? b. If the answer to part a is no, what additional steps should be taken to test the difference in the population means of each fertilizer? c. If warranted, determine which pairs of fertilizers...
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