FROM TENDENCIES TO TENDENZA

Legal Obstacles to Business Tendencies

Millennial Tendencies in Responses to Apocalyptic Threats

Since Aaron Wildavsky proposed in 1987 that cultural orientations such as egalitarianism and individualism frame public perceptions of technological risks, a body of empirical research has grown to affirm the risk-framing effects of personality and culture (Dake, 1991; Gastil et al., 2005; Kahan, 2008). Most of these studies have focused on relatively mundane risks, however, such as handguns, n...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Expressive tendencies and physiological response to stress.

This study assessed the effects of natural expressive tendencies on physiological response to stress. Male undergraduates were unobtrusively observed while watching a stressor videotape. On the basis of the subjects' facial responsiveness to the film, a group of 23 natural expressers and 22 natural inhibitors were selected and exposed to a threat of shock situation during which heart rate, resp...

Sociopathic Tendencies

It is not difficult to be charmed by an intelligent, glib talker. However, this could only be a few of the sociopathic tendencies of an individual. More correctly cited as a result of antisocial personality disorder, sociopaths are characterized by their utter disregard for the rights of others. They exude superficial charm that may easily attract others. However, within a short period of being...