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5 days ago · What are two main points of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, also known as linguistic relativity, posits a deep relationship between language and thought. This idea is named after its proponents, Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf. Here are the two primary points:
1 day ago · If one sees the symbol anchored in the utopian context and at the same time recognizes the overall phenomenon of utopia as a symptom of a ‘sick reality’ and of suffering from a ‘bad’ reality (cf. Sect. 3.2), then the intertwining of symptom and symbol, which stood at the beginning of the development of the psychoanalytic concept of symbol, becomes recognizable here as well.
4 days ago · Motivation = Valence x Expectancy x Instrumentality. Valence is the value placed by a worker on a particular outcome or reward. Expectancy means the worker expects their effort to lead to the valued outcome. Instrumentality is the belief that the performance is instrumental in reaching the outcome.
4 days ago · The theories and principles in the Drake equation are closely related to the Fermi paradox. The equation was formulated by Frank Drake in 1961 in an attempt to find a systematic means to evaluate the numerous probabilities involved in the existence of alien life.
1 day ago · Modern trait theory proposes that individuals emerge as leaders across a variety of situations and tasks; significant individual leadership traits include intelligence, adjustment, extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and general self-efficacy.
4 days ago · Dependency theory, an approach to understanding economic underdevelopment that emphasizes the putative constraints imposed by the global political and economic order. First proposed in the late 1950s by Raul Prebisch, dependency theory gained prominence in the 1960s and ’70s.
5 days ago · Determinism, in philosophy and science, the thesis that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable. Determinism is usually understood to preclude free will because it entails that humans cannot decide or act otherwise than they do.
