Discounting as task termination, and its implications

the effect of teaching reading as whole text task and paragraph task on efl learners speaking

abstract the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a rather newly developed method in language teaching that is the use of paragraph reading task and whole reading task and their effects on improving efl learner’s speaking ability. to fulfill the purpose of the study, first 90 participants studying their course at sa eedi high school in tehran were chosen by means of ...

Intergenerationally Equitable Discounting and its Implications for Climate Policy

This paper investigates the properties of intergenerationally equitable discounting by using an axiomatically well-founded welfare function which was originally developed by Epstein (1983), and more recently extended by Bommier and Zuber (2008). In stead of seeking for the appropriate value of social rate of time preference, intergenerational equity is incorporated at axiomatic level. I show th...

Induced Discounting and Its Implications to Catastrophic Risk Management

A Delay Discounting Model of Psychotherapy Termination

Delay discounting (DD) procedures are emerging as an important new method for psychotherapy researchers. In this paper a framework for conceptualizing existing, seemingly discrepant, research findings on termination is introduced and new directions for research are described. To illustrate the value of a DD framework, the common psychotherapy problem of premature termination is addressed. First...

Prestige and Dominance as Differential Correlates of Moral Foundations and Its Clinical Implications

Objective: The ways people use for social rank (dominance vs prestige) could explain difference attitude toward five moral foundations. The aim of this study was to investigate the differential relationship between prestige, dominance and moral foundations. Methods: This study conducted with 150 participants who respond to the moral foundation questionnaire and dominance-prestige scale. Multip...