the present study was an attempt, in the first place, to find out whether there is any relationship between iranian efl learners' multiple intelligences and their language proficiency. the second objective was to explore whether one of intelligences or combination of intelligences are predictors of language proficiency. to this end, 228 subjects of this study were chosen from among 280 eng...

The article describes the theoretical and empirical study of cognitive styles air traffic controllers as a guarantee their professional success. aim was to present results study, which were establish emotional predictors future controllers. following methods used for study: “Gottschaldt’s figures”, “Comparison similar drawings” by J. Kagan, “Free sorting objects” R. Gardner in modification V. K...

The off-line signature verification rests on the hypothesis that each writer has similarity among signature samples, with small distortion and scale variability. This kind of distortion represents the intrapersonal variability [3]. This paper reports the interpersonal and intrapersonal variability influences in a software approach based on Hidden Markov Model (HMM) classifier [1,5,7]. The exper...

The notion of choice inconsistency is widely spread in the literature on behavioral economics. Several approaches were used to account for the observation that people reverse their choices over time. This paper aims to explain the formation of resolutions regarded as internal self-binding devices. It moves away from anthropocentric neoclassicism and embraces a more atomistic notion of a player ...

People have a fundamental need to belong with others. Social exclusion impairs this need and has various effects on cognition, affect, and the behavior of excluded individuals. We have previously reported that activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (rVLPFC) could be a neurocognitive index of social exclusion (Kawamoto et al., 2012). In ...

this study explored the relationship between efl (english as a foreign language) teachers’ emotional intelligence (ei) and their students’ motivational attributes. additionally, it investigated the contribution of efl teachers’ ei to students’ motivational factors. to these ends, 30 efl teachers were selected through convenience sampling from language institutes in najaf-abad, and were asked to...

This article reviews 14 multivariate theories of experimental substance use (e.g., alcohol and marijuana use) among adolescents, including those theories that emphasize (a) substance-specific cognitions, (b) social learning processes, (c) commitment to conventional values and attachment to families, and (d) intrapersonal processes. Important similarities and differences among these theories are...

In this article, I defend the thesis that selfishness and altruism can be intrapersonal. In doing so, I argue that the notions of intrapersonal altruism and selfishness usefully pick out behavioural patterns and have predictive value. I also argue that my thesis helps enrich our understanding of the prudential, and can subsume some interesting work in economic and psychological theory. 'Why bot...

This study aims to produce learning tools based on multiple intelligences (interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist intelligences) that are appropriate effective improve the social awareness character of fifth grade elementary school students. The will be developed in form products which include teacher's manuals student handbooks. resulting product applies contains 3 kinds intelligence, cha...