CARDINAL UTILITY ANALYSIS 3Human wants are unlimited and they are of different strength. The means at the disposal of a man are not only scarce but they have alternative uses. As a result of scarcity of resources‚ the consumer cannot satisfy all his wants. He has to choose as to which want is to be satisfied first and which afterward if the resources permit. The consumer is confronted in making a choice. For example‚ a man’ is thirsty. He goes to the market and satisfies his thirst by purchasing
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INDUCTIVE METHOD What is the Inductive Method? The inductive teaching method or process goes from the specific to the general and may be based on specific experiments or experimental learning exercises. Advantages 1. It gives a new knowledge. 2. It is a method of discovery. 3. It is a method of teaching. 4. Child acquires firsthand knowledge and information by actual observation. 5. It is a slow process. 6. It trains the mind and gives self confidence and initiative 7. It is full
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION Many educators view teaching as organized‚ purposeful and deliberate efforts designed to bring about certain desirable ends in an individual. Garcia (2000) states that a teacher must know what teaching is because his concept of teaching will guide his behaviour and his own interpretation of teaching that becomes essential to his performance as a teacher. It serves as high guide as well as direction in every classroom work to
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The Nomothetic approach is an approach to personality assessment. The term comes from the Greek word "nomos" which means law. In an online dictionary homothetic is defined as "giving or establishing laws". Look for universal laws of behaviour. It is based on traditional‚ classical science. In psychology the nomothetic approach focuses on people in general‚ trying to find regularities or laws between people. The approach was proposed by a German philosopher Wilhelm Windelband in the 19th century.
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The psychodynamic approach is mainly based on Freud’s ideas. Freud implied there was three main assumptions they include e.g. - how the unconscious mind drives our ideas‚ Freud believes the unconscious mind is repressed information is stored. However a limitation of this is that Popper questions whether the unconscious mind even exists as you can’t see it or touch it he also questions this due to the lack of scientific research to back up Freud’s assumption. On the other hand strength of this is
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Discuss the biological approach in psychology. Refer to at least one other approach in your answer. (12 marks) The biological approach focuses on both the physiological and evolutionary aspects which explain human behaviour. The causal level of analysis incorporates physiological explanations‚ such as the effect of nerves and hormones on behaviour. According to biological psychologists‚ behaviour is controlled by the nervous system‚ which consists of the central nervous system (the brain and the
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MEASUREMENT APPROACH TO DECISION USEFULNESS • (184) MEASUREMENT APPROACH: i. ii. iii. Accountants (not investors) “undertake a responsibility” To incorporate CURRENT VALUE ACCOUNTING directly in to the F/S Provided “reasonable (37) reliability” iv. v. a. b. As part of an “increased obligation” of the accounting profession “To assist investors to predict future performance and value” Performance = N.I. Value = share price vi. Via a “more informative information system”
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The Importance of Deductive Reasoning Kelly Douglas CRT/205 Alicia Mandolini October 7‚ 2012 We make decisions each and every day; everything we say and do is the result of a decision. For every choice‚ big or small‚ there is no easy formula for making the right decision. The best an individual can do is to approach it from as many perspectives as possible and then choose a course of action that is reasonable and balanced at that time. It is important to understand what is known prior
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Marketing Audit Approach - IKEA Marketing Audit Overview “What is a marketing audit? Quite simply‚ it is a detailed analysis of the elements that constitute or influence a company’s efforts to profitably market its products- today and in future when both market and products may undergo radical change” ( John‚ Alexander‚ & Theodore‚ 1969). The marketing audit helps to understand the fundamentals of a company’s marketing planning process. Auditing is not only conducted not only at the planning
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What is Metaphon? Metaphon as a treatment approach was first developed in 1980s by Janet Howell and Elizabeth Dean when they noticed that the use of minimal pairs contrasts was not giving the necessary changing in the child’s phonological system‚ this led them to question the metaphonological skills of those children‚ which means ‘What do children with phonological disorders know about sounds’?. From this point‚ Metaphon approach was developed to target phonological processes mainly by the
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