Download or read book Why Do They Make Things so Complicated written by Lisa Monika Anna Mützel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past 50 years, consumers’ buying situations have not become easier. Consumers remain easily overwrought by complex buying situations that involve buying complex products or services, such as laptops or insurances. In such situations, consumers find it difficult to make a decision and must spend high levels of cognitive effort on it. Prior consumer research has addressed the complexity of buying situations in several research streams such as in choice complexity or product complexity literature. However, previous researchers have not reached consensus on what constitutes the complexity of a buying situation. Furthermore, they have mostly concentrated on cognitive constructs and emotional constructs have been rather unexplored. To close these research gaps, this dissertation provides an in-depth conceptualization of complex buying situations by developing a comprehensive reference framework. Furthermore, this dissertation differs from prior research by examining in detail negative emotional responses to complexity (NERCO). A reliable and valid NERCO scale is developed that consists of two factors, emotional resignation and fear of post-purchase dissonance. An experiment investigates the influence of two input variables of the reference framework (1. the number of alternatives in the consumer’s price class and 2. the perceived expertise of the salesperson who provides a recommendation in a buying situation) on perceived choice complexity and on NERCO. This dissertation paves the way for numerous directions for future research on the complexity of buying situations by providing theoretical fundamentals in the form of a detailed conceptualization and by precisely defining the research gaps.

Download or read book It s Not That Complicated written by Jo Tannah and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loving freely in a world filled with social constraints can get complicated. Many straight men are down on having a secret relationship with someone like Stash Burcell, but not out in the open. Living in such a close-minded society makes it hard for him to find someone he can trust, let alone surrender his heart to. Anthony Charles Eisemann has only ever been out with women, though secretly he’d always been drawn to androgynous femme men who looked and dressed like women. When Anthony meets Stash, their lives take a sudden turn from complicated to dangerous.

Download or read book It s So Complicated written by Phyllis Cornish and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah sought to love and to be loved most of his life. His mother had been bitter since she broke up with his father. She was so bitter that it had destroyed her whole life. She could not find no peace. Her anger and hurt destroyed her life. She almost destroyed Elijah, but his dad showered him with the one thing that heals love. Watching the pain his mother experienced, Elijah vowed to stay with the mother of his child, but things don't always work out the way we want them to. Elijah found out that things can get complicated, and he had to settle for being a good father and to make sure that he stayed in his child's life. Meanwhile, Elijah meets the love of his life--a woman that takes his breath away--but she introduced him to God. He finds peace, contentment, and, most of all, love. Finally, he thinks that everything will be all right, but she has three children. One who has been badly wounded which makes the situation complicated. She wants her dad back at all costs. She never healed from her parents' divorce, and she only wanted her original family together. Her mother is so in love with Elijah, but she is concerned for her children. It's hard for Mom; she found real love but it's complicated.

Download or read book It s Not That Complicated written by Jan Bowen and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every facet of your being―physical, mental, and spiritual―has the capacity to bring joy and fulfillment to your everyday life. By bringing your talents, skills, values, purpose, energy, and style in sync with the external world, you will be thriving and loving every minute of it. It’s Not That Complicated will walk you through the simple process of releasing pieces of your life that hold you back while simultaneously discovering ways to move forward towards a more fulfilling one. Jan L. Bowen will help you develop a Personal Template of Daily Practices, a Structure of Tactics, and a Bundle of Exceptional Resources to not only realize your purpose, strengths, and passions, but to use them to sustain healthy alignment as your life changes.

Download or read book I Think You ll Find It s a Bit More Complicated Than that written by Ben Goldacre and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In 'Bad Science', Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In 'Bad Pharma', he put the $600 billion global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. Now the pick of the journalism by one of our wittiiest, most indignant and most fearless commentators on the worlds of medicine and science is collected in one volume.

Download or read book Life Really Isn t All That Complicated written by James R. Schmalenberg and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to accomplish your goals, even day-to-day ones? Does your head spin when someone starts talking about finances? Are you having difficulty managing your time? Your health? Did you know that if you break down life’s challenges into their basic parts, life isn’t as complicated as it may seem? James Schmalenberg will show how. In his book Life Really Isn’t All That Complicated, But You Do Have To Think! Schmalenberg provides tips, tools, and proven tactics to get you on the path to success. You will learn the importance of finding your “genius” and focusing your energy on developing that skill. You will also discover how health and wellness, good habits, productivity, your moral code, and making the most of your time influences your ability to achieve goals and become successful. Furthermore, Schmalenberg will help you get your financial world in order by delving into the topic of money managing. Throughout the book, he also provides homework challenges to help you implement his advice. Life isn’t all that complicated, but it does require you to accept personal responsibility for how you live your life and to think about some basic concepts and how you can apply them. If you understand and implement all of these concepts to the best of your ability, your life will definitely improve.

Download or read book It s not That Complicated written by Anna Sofia Botkin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How friendly is too friendly? What does it mean to be a "sister, in all purity"? The Botkin sisters offer enduring biblical principles that can make guy-girl relationships all much simpler.

Download or read book Cutting Red Tape Why Is Administrative Simplification So Complicated Looking beyond 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides policy makers with guidance on the available tools as well as and explains common mistakes to be avoided when designing, undertaking and evaluating administrative simplification programmes.

Download or read book When Grief Is Complicated written by Dr. Alan Wolfelt and published by Companion Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a significant loss, grief is normal and necessary. But sometimes a mourner's grief becomes naturally heightened, stuck, or made more complex by especially difficult circumstances, such as suicide, homicide, or multiple losses within a short time period. This is called “complicated grief.” In this primer by one of the world's most respected grief educators, Dr. Wolfelt helps caregivers understand the various factors that often contribute to complicated grief. He presents a model for identifying complicated grief symptoms and, through real-life examples, offers guidance for companioning mourners through their challenging grief journeys. This book rounds out Dr. Wolfelt's resources on the companioning philosophy of grief care, making it an essential addition to your professional library.

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Download or read book Wittgenstein on Mind and Language written by David G. Stern and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stern argues that Wittgenstein's views are often much simpler and more radical than we have been led to believe. He casts new light on 'Tractatus' and 'Philosophical Investigations', revealing aspects of Wittgenstein's thought heretofore neglected.

Download or read book Complicated Grief written by Margaret Stroebe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can complicated grief be defined? How does it differ from normal patterns of grief and grieving? Who among the bereaved is particularly at risk? Can clinical intervention reduce complications? Complicated Grief provides a balanced, up-to-date, state-of-the-art account of the scientific foundations surrounding the topic of complicated grief. In this book, Margaret Stroebe,Henk Schut and Jan van den Bout address the basic questions about the concept, manifestations and phenomena associated with complicated grief. They bring together researchers from different disciplines, providing a broad range of cultural and societal perspectives, to enable the reader to access the scientific knowledge base regarding complicated grief, on both theoretical and empirical levels. The book is divided into four main sections: An exploration of the nature of complicated grief Diagnostic categorizations Contemporary research on complicated grief Treament of complicated grief Illuminating the foundations and new innovations in research, Complicated Grief will be essential reading for professionals working with bereavement such as clinical psychologists, health psychologists and psychiatrists, researchers, as well as graduate students of psychology and psychiatry. Margaret Stroebe is Professor at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, and the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen,The Netherlands. Henk Schut is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Jan van den Bout is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Contributors: Paul Boelen, Kathrin Boerner, George Bonanno, Laurie Burke, Rachel Cooper, Atle Dyregrov, Kari Dyregrov, Francesca Del Gaudio, Ann-Marie Golden, Jennifer Jacobs, David Kissane, Rolf Kleber, Yeulin Li, Jeffrey Looi, Anthony Mancini, Mario Mikulincer, Michelle Moulds, Robert Neimeyer, Mary-Frances O'Connor, John Ogrodniczuk, William Piper, Holly G. Prigerson, Therese Rando, Beverley Raphael, Paul C. Rosenblatt, Edward Rynearson, Henk A.W. Schut, Phillip Shaver, Margaret S. Stroebe, Jan van den Bout, Marcel van den Hout, Birgit Wagner, Jerome C. Wakefield, Edward Watkins, Talia I. Zaider.

Download or read book A Book About Design written by Mark Gonyea and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces young people to the fundamental elements of design using shapes, lines, and humor.

Download or read book It s Complicated written by Danah Boyd and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about such topics as identity, privacy, danger, and bullying.

Download or read book Wow Words written by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enthusiastic, valuable, remarkable, and perceive are examples of WOW! Words - sophisticated words that enrich children's listening and speaking vocabularies regardless of writing and reading proficiency. Sorted into age-specific groups, four sets of 36 lessons teach one new word for each age group for each week of the school year. Parents and teachers can engage their confident conversationalists with the book's rich, age-appropriate tools and resources: definitions, synonyms, pronunciation guidelines, figurative language, additional forms, sentences, short rhymes, poems, songs, discussion questions, illustrations, and hands-on activities, in addition to visual aids that organize and display word-acquisition progress. Grades PreK-2. Index. Illustrated.

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Download or read book Understanding and Developing ScienceTeachers Pedagogical Content Knowledge written by John Loughran and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a growing interest in the notion of a scholarship of teaching. Such scholarship is displayed through a teacher’s grasp of, and response to, the relationships between knowledge of content, teaching and learning in ways that attest to practice as being complex and interwoven. Yet attempting to capture teachers’ professional knowledge is difficult because the critical links between practice and knowledge, for many teachers, is tacit. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) offers one way of capturing, articulating and portraying an aspect of the scholarship of teaching and, in this case, the scholarship of science teaching. The research underpinning the approach developed by Loughran, Berry and Mulhall offers access to the development of the professional knowledge of science teaching in a form that offers new ways of sharing and disseminating this knowledge. Through this Resource Folio approach (comprising CoRe and PaP-eRs) a recognition of the value of the specialist knowledge and skills of science teaching is not only highlighted, but also enhanced. The CoRe and PaP-eRs methodology offers an exciting new way of capturing and portraying science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge so that it might be better understood and valued within the profession. This book is a concrete example of the nature of scholarship in science teaching that is meaningful, useful and immediately applicable in the work of all science teachers (preservice, in-service and science teacher educators). It is an excellent resource for science teachers as well as a guiding text for teacher education. Understanding teachers' professional knowledge is critical to our efforts to promote quality classroom practice. While PCK offers such a lens, the construct is abstract. In this book, the authors have found an interesting and engaging way of making science teachers' PCK concrete, useable, and meaningful for researchers and teachers alike. It offers a new and exciting way of understanding the importance of PCK in shaping and improving science teaching and learning. Professor Julie Gess-Newsome Dean of the Graduate School of Education Williamette University This book contributes to establishing CoRes and PaP-eRs as immensely valuable tools to illuminate and describe PCK. The text provides concrete examples of CoRes and PaP-eRs completed in “real-life” teaching situations that make stimulating reading. The authors show practitioners and researchers alike how this approach can develop high quality science teaching. Dr Vanessa Kind Director Science Learning Centre North East School of Education Durham University