This book presents a detailed picture of normal early child development in Hong Kong. The information will help the understanding of Chinese children aged between three and six years, and can be used to prepare develop-mentally appropriate learning activities.
The author traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. Philosophical and social influences are examined. This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. It locates the philosophical and social influences reshaping the concept and identifies a fundamental problem: are psychological attributes really quantitative?
'The Lucifer Effect' examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive, and the ways in which the goodness of humanity can be transformed into bestiality.
This text assists researchers and practitioners by identifying and reviewing the best scales/measures for a variety of constructs. Each chapter discusses test validity, reliability, and utility. Authors have focused on the most often used and cited scales/measures, with a particular emphasis on those published in recent years. Each scale is identified and described, the sample on which it was developed is summarized, and reliability and validity data are presented, followed by presentation of the scale, in full or in part, where such permission has been obtained.
Work is, for almost all of us, an unavoidable feature of our daily lives. Whether we see it as a curse, or a blessing, what we choose to do, day in day out, shapes our attitude to the world and to ourselves. This thought-provoking book explores the part work plays in our search for a happy and fulfilling life.
This title presents the different theories of leadership. It concentrates on the process model of 'Full Range Leadership' that explains the concepts and procedures by which leaders affect their followers, teams, and organizations.
E. Flesch. (2015)cite arxiv:1502.06303Comment: 14 pages, 11 tables, 5 figures. Accepted for publication by Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA).
M. Bernyk, D. Croton, C. Tonini, L. Hodkinson, A. Hassan, T. Garel, A. Duffy, S. Mutch, and G. Poole. (2014)cite arxiv:1403.5270Comment: 16 pages, 11 figures, submitted to MNRAS. The Theoretical Astrophysical Observatory (TAO) is now open to the public at https://tao.asvo.org.au/. New simulations, models and tools will be added as they become available. Contact dcroton@astro.swin.edu.au if you have data you would like to make public through TAO. Feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
S. Nadathur, and S. Hotchkiss. (2013)cite arxiv:1310.2791Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures. Comments welcome. The data products described here will be made available at http://www.helsinki.fi/~senadath/downloads/catalogue shortly, at the latest by the end of the refereeing process. Earlier access may be possible on request.
P. Monaco, E. Sefusatti, S. Borgani, M. Crocce, P. Fosalba, R. Sheth, and T. Theuns. (2013)cite arxiv:1305.1505Comment: 14 pages, 9 PDF figures, accepted by Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The PINOCCHIO code can be downloaded here: http://adlibitum.oats.inaf.it/monaco/Homepage/Pinocchio/index.html.