the current study was carried out to investigate the functions of the ritual speech act of ‘ya allah’ (literally meaning ‘o god’) employed by iranians in social interactions. to this end, sixty-two persian native speakers of different age groups, ranging from 35 to 85, of both genders were observed in 250 natural situations such as daily interactions, gatherings, public or private places and lo...

The past decade has seen a new trend emerge among the most elite American business schools. In an effort to reduce competitiveness among their respective student bodies, students at several elite business schools have held referenda to prohibit any M.B.A. student from disclosing his or her grades to employers. While these policies differ in scope, some prohibit disclosure even if a failure to d...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether 7- to 12-year-old boys with ADHD, relative to non-ADHD age-mates, exhibit greater difficulty learning and remembering object locations. The second purpose was to examine the functional utility of mnemonic strategies, specifically speech-to-self, used by boys with and without ADHD. METHOD Boys with and without ADHD were videotaped while completing a well-establis...