David W. DeLong
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195170979
- eISBN:
- 9780199789719
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195170979.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Knowledge Management
This chapter recognizes that successful retention of essential implicit knowledge and tacit knowledge requires more indirect practices that focus on creating a positive context for knowledge ...
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This chapter recognizes that successful retention of essential implicit knowledge and tacit knowledge requires more indirect practices that focus on creating a positive context for knowledge transfer. These practices are described with detailed examples of how they are used specifically to enhance knowledge retention. Approaches described in this chapter include storytelling, mentoring or coaching, after-action reviews, and communities of practice. Each section includes critical success factors to consider during implementation.Less
This chapter recognizes that successful retention of essential implicit knowledge and tacit knowledge requires more indirect practices that focus on creating a positive context for knowledge transfer. These practices are described with detailed examples of how they are used specifically to enhance knowledge retention. Approaches described in this chapter include storytelling, mentoring or coaching, after-action reviews, and communities of practice. Each section includes critical success factors to consider during implementation.
William Hoppitt and Kevin N. Laland
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691150703
- eISBN:
- 9781400846504
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691150703.003.0004
- Subject:
- Biology, Animal Biology
This chapter presents a classification of social learning mechanisms and explains how these mechanisms can be distinguished empirically. In most published social learning studies it is very difficult ...
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This chapter presents a classification of social learning mechanisms and explains how these mechanisms can be distinguished empirically. In most published social learning studies it is very difficult to determine exactly which mechanisms are operating. This is because experiments are often not designed with this primary purpose. Nonetheless, in such cases a researcher may still wish to draw some inferences about the process underlying a particular case of social learning. The chapter discusses stimulus enhancement, local enhancement, observational conditioning, response facilitation, social facilitation, imitation, observational R-S learning, emulation, opportunity providing, inadvertent coaching, and production imitation. It also considers a pragmatic approach to characterizing mechanisms of social transmission.Less
This chapter presents a classification of social learning mechanisms and explains how these mechanisms can be distinguished empirically. In most published social learning studies it is very difficult to determine exactly which mechanisms are operating. This is because experiments are often not designed with this primary purpose. Nonetheless, in such cases a researcher may still wish to draw some inferences about the process underlying a particular case of social learning. The chapter discusses stimulus enhancement, local enhancement, observational conditioning, response facilitation, social facilitation, imitation, observational R-S learning, emulation, opportunity providing, inadvertent coaching, and production imitation. It also considers a pragmatic approach to characterizing mechanisms of social transmission.
Martha H. Verbrugge
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195168792
- eISBN:
- 9780199949649
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168792.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century, American History: 19th Century
Chapter 7 (the counterpart to Chapter 1) examines the status of white and black female physical educators, coaches, and administrators in academic institutions as their profession matured and women’s ...
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Chapter 7 (the counterpart to Chapter 1) examines the status of white and black female physical educators, coaches, and administrators in academic institutions as their profession matured and women’s sports underwent a revolution (following the enactment of Title IX in 1972). Covering several generations of female teachers in grades K-12 through college-level, the chapter considers their backgrounds, training and credentials, and workplace challenges. Many instructors and coaches dealt with low status, multiple responsibilities, entrenched homophobia, and new administrative structures in athletics and physical education. The chapter asks why the field’s marginalization of “different” members persisted, even as gender and racial equality improved elsewhere in American society during the second half of the twentieth century.Less
Chapter 7 (the counterpart to Chapter 1) examines the status of white and black female physical educators, coaches, and administrators in academic institutions as their profession matured and women’s sports underwent a revolution (following the enactment of Title IX in 1972). Covering several generations of female teachers in grades K-12 through college-level, the chapter considers their backgrounds, training and credentials, and workplace challenges. Many instructors and coaches dealt with low status, multiple responsibilities, entrenched homophobia, and new administrative structures in athletics and physical education. The chapter asks why the field’s marginalization of “different” members persisted, even as gender and racial equality improved elsewhere in American society during the second half of the twentieth century.
Suzy Green
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195385724
- eISBN:
- 9780199914586
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195385724.003.0136
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health
This chapter reviews studies on solution-focused life coaching. Solution-focused life coaching is an increasingly popular approach aimed at assisting individuals to make desired changes in their ...
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This chapter reviews studies on solution-focused life coaching. Solution-focused life coaching is an increasingly popular approach aimed at assisting individuals to make desired changes in their personal or work life or to enhance their overall level of happiness and well-being. Research is currently embryonic; however; the studies conducted so far are encouraging and suggest that this is a promising approach for mental health professionals to consider. It offers an evidence-based methodology for those practitioners already providing coaching services and also for those working within a traditional counseling model who may wish to expand their practices and offer life coaching as an additional service. Early research suggests that evidence-based life coaching may have the potential to be a useful change methodology.Less
This chapter reviews studies on solution-focused life coaching. Solution-focused life coaching is an increasingly popular approach aimed at assisting individuals to make desired changes in their personal or work life or to enhance their overall level of happiness and well-being. Research is currently embryonic; however; the studies conducted so far are encouraging and suggest that this is a promising approach for mental health professionals to consider. It offers an evidence-based methodology for those practitioners already providing coaching services and also for those working within a traditional counseling model who may wish to expand their practices and offer life coaching as an additional service. Early research suggests that evidence-based life coaching may have the potential to be a useful change methodology.
Robert K. Wallace
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125152
- eISBN:
- 9780813135052
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125152.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This book describes its philosophy on basketball coaching, the coaching process, and insights into areas that are important. A very important role for the coach is to assist student-athletes in ...
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This book describes its philosophy on basketball coaching, the coaching process, and insights into areas that are important. A very important role for the coach is to assist student-athletes in making their dreams come true. The coach's job is to help them achieve it. The coach does this by preparing them for competition and by giving them the tools to be successful at a high level. This may mean teaching them fundamentals, getting them in shape, or instilling mental toughness. All coaches should be passionate about the sport they coach. There is no greater reward to a coach than to have a group of young ladies go through the process of preseason conditioning, practice, and game preparation and then, on game day, to go out and play the game as “one” and be successful doing it.Less
This book describes its philosophy on basketball coaching, the coaching process, and insights into areas that are important. A very important role for the coach is to assist student-athletes in making their dreams come true. The coach's job is to help them achieve it. The coach does this by preparing them for competition and by giving them the tools to be successful at a high level. This may mean teaching them fundamentals, getting them in shape, or instilling mental toughness. All coaches should be passionate about the sport they coach. There is no greater reward to a coach than to have a group of young ladies go through the process of preseason conditioning, practice, and game preparation and then, on game day, to go out and play the game as “one” and be successful doing it.
Maureen Duffy and Len Sperry
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195380019
- eISBN:
- 9780199932764
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380019.003.0013
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter builds on the previous two chapters in addressing individual recovery from mobbing and the utilization of organizational support systems in responding to mobbing. It outlines the ...
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This chapter builds on the previous two chapters in addressing individual recovery from mobbing and the utilization of organizational support systems in responding to mobbing. It outlines the systemic intervention skills that professionals and organizations need to develop to provide platforms for sustained individual and organizational recovery from mobbing. A discussion is provided of integrative individual–organizational psychotherapeutic considerations and specific organizational strategies and interventions designed to provide systemic recovery from mobbing. It is proposed that, since mobbing affects the organizations in which it occurs and to which mobbing victims may be returning, organizationally based interventions aimed at changing a mobbing-prone culture are as crucial as individually based interventions. Organizationally based interventions, including mediation, executive coaching, and other affirmative anti-mobbing strategies, are described.Less
This chapter builds on the previous two chapters in addressing individual recovery from mobbing and the utilization of organizational support systems in responding to mobbing. It outlines the systemic intervention skills that professionals and organizations need to develop to provide platforms for sustained individual and organizational recovery from mobbing. A discussion is provided of integrative individual–organizational psychotherapeutic considerations and specific organizational strategies and interventions designed to provide systemic recovery from mobbing. It is proposed that, since mobbing affects the organizations in which it occurs and to which mobbing victims may be returning, organizationally based interventions aimed at changing a mobbing-prone culture are as crucial as individually based interventions. Organizationally based interventions, including mediation, executive coaching, and other affirmative anti-mobbing strategies, are described.
Anthony M. Grant and Michael J. Cavanagh
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195373585
- eISBN:
- 9780199893263
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0019
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology, Health Psychology
The past decade has seen the use of coaching in personal, health, workplace, and executive settings grow from being a novel and somewhat derided methodology to a mainstream activity in business ...
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The past decade has seen the use of coaching in personal, health, workplace, and executive settings grow from being a novel and somewhat derided methodology to a mainstream activity in business organizations and health settings worldwide. This chapter takes stock of the current state of coaching research and practice, and then highlights how coaching could make important contributions to the future of positive psychology. In taking stock of the present state of play in coaching, it begins with definitions and delineations of coaching. It then reports on the professional status of coaching and the bodies that seek to accredit and organize coaches. Research into the efficacy of coaching is briefly discussed. The chapter presents an overview of a future coaching-related research and practice agenda. It concludes by outlining some potentially fruitful lines of inquiry for future work in this emerging and exciting sub-field of psychological research.Less
The past decade has seen the use of coaching in personal, health, workplace, and executive settings grow from being a novel and somewhat derided methodology to a mainstream activity in business organizations and health settings worldwide. This chapter takes stock of the current state of coaching research and practice, and then highlights how coaching could make important contributions to the future of positive psychology. In taking stock of the present state of play in coaching, it begins with definitions and delineations of coaching. It then reports on the professional status of coaching and the bodies that seek to accredit and organize coaches. Research into the efficacy of coaching is briefly discussed. The chapter presents an overview of a future coaching-related research and practice agenda. It concludes by outlining some potentially fruitful lines of inquiry for future work in this emerging and exciting sub-field of psychological research.
Leslie Pratch
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231168366
- eISBN:
- 9780231537643
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231168366.001.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Strategy
The author is a practicing psychologist who focuses on assessing and coaching executives who occupy or are candidates for top positions in business organizations. In this book she shares insights ...
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The author is a practicing psychologist who focuses on assessing and coaching executives who occupy or are candidates for top positions in business organizations. In this book she shares insights from more than twenty years of executive evaluations and offers an empirical method of identifying executives who will be effective within organizations—and to flag those who will ultimately fail—by evaluating hidden aspects of personality and character. The book compares candidates with impressive careers and tries to determine which are likely to act with consistently high integrity and exhibit sound, timely judgment when faced with unanticipated business problems. Central to effective leadership is a psychological quality called “active coping,” which the author defines and explores by referencing case studies, historical figures, and her own scholarly work. This book speaks not only to those in hiring positions and their advisors but also more widely to leaders and anyone who wishes to learn more about their own character and the abilities of those around them. The book offers knowledge, asks questions, and challenges common perceptions, providing a practical tool for those in business and for the general reader.Less
The author is a practicing psychologist who focuses on assessing and coaching executives who occupy or are candidates for top positions in business organizations. In this book she shares insights from more than twenty years of executive evaluations and offers an empirical method of identifying executives who will be effective within organizations—and to flag those who will ultimately fail—by evaluating hidden aspects of personality and character. The book compares candidates with impressive careers and tries to determine which are likely to act with consistently high integrity and exhibit sound, timely judgment when faced with unanticipated business problems. Central to effective leadership is a psychological quality called “active coping,” which the author defines and explores by referencing case studies, historical figures, and her own scholarly work. This book speaks not only to those in hiring positions and their advisors but also more widely to leaders and anyone who wishes to learn more about their own character and the abilities of those around them. The book offers knowledge, asks questions, and challenges common perceptions, providing a practical tool for those in business and for the general reader.
Edward Rohs and Judith Estrine
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780823240227
- eISBN:
- 9780823240265
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823240227.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, Social History
In 1978, when he was 31, Ed graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science, and he was accepted at the Fordham's Graduate School of Social Service. This chapter ...
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In 1978, when he was 31, Ed graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science, and he was accepted at the Fordham's Graduate School of Social Service. This chapter discusses the challenges Ed Rohs faced as he grew from an institutionalized boy from whom little was expected to success as a licensed social worker with an advanced degree, holding jobs with steadily increasing responsibility and prestige. It describes his 17 years as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for a Division 1 NCAA basketball program in New York City and his travels around the country with the team, staying in fine hotels and taking his meals in restaurants, he slowly learned how to negotiate the tricky landscape of polite society. This chapter provides a bird's eye view of the enormous pressure Division 1 coaches are under, and their full-time responsibility for the student-athletes they train. The chapter also describes the dark side of Rohs biological family.Less
In 1978, when he was 31, Ed graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science, and he was accepted at the Fordham's Graduate School of Social Service. This chapter discusses the challenges Ed Rohs faced as he grew from an institutionalized boy from whom little was expected to success as a licensed social worker with an advanced degree, holding jobs with steadily increasing responsibility and prestige. It describes his 17 years as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for a Division 1 NCAA basketball program in New York City and his travels around the country with the team, staying in fine hotels and taking his meals in restaurants, he slowly learned how to negotiate the tricky landscape of polite society. This chapter provides a bird's eye view of the enormous pressure Division 1 coaches are under, and their full-time responsibility for the student-athletes they train. The chapter also describes the dark side of Rohs biological family.
Roger R. Tamte
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780252041617
- eISBN:
- 9780252050275
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252041617.003.0027
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sport and Leisure
Mass play (in which offensive players bunch together, typically including linemen moved into the backfield, to pound forward on a narrow spot in the defensive line) is growing in use by 1892 but is ...
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Mass play (in which offensive players bunch together, typically including linemen moved into the backfield, to pound forward on a narrow spot in the defensive line) is growing in use by 1892 but is criticized as dangerous and hiding too much of the play. Camp responds in 1893, arguing in Harper’s Weekly that mass play should be allowed, but in limited amounts. He proposes a rule change to encourage teams to voluntarily try plays other than mass plays. The year 1892 also brings the addition of momentum plays (some offensive players are in forward motion before the ball is put in play), introduced by a Harvard kickoff play called the “flying wedge.” Camp is at first noncommittal on momentum plays. Overall, Camp likes to see imagination used to develop plays; he considers the exercise of imagination as “one of the chief charms” of American football. He also believes coaches are of value: any team “serious about winning” should have a coach.Less
Mass play (in which offensive players bunch together, typically including linemen moved into the backfield, to pound forward on a narrow spot in the defensive line) is growing in use by 1892 but is criticized as dangerous and hiding too much of the play. Camp responds in 1893, arguing in Harper’s Weekly that mass play should be allowed, but in limited amounts. He proposes a rule change to encourage teams to voluntarily try plays other than mass plays. The year 1892 also brings the addition of momentum plays (some offensive players are in forward motion before the ball is put in play), introduced by a Harvard kickoff play called the “flying wedge.” Camp is at first noncommittal on momentum plays. Overall, Camp likes to see imagination used to develop plays; he considers the exercise of imagination as “one of the chief charms” of American football. He also believes coaches are of value: any team “serious about winning” should have a coach.
Susan E. Whyman
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199250233
- eISBN:
- 9780191697906
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199250233.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Social History
This chapter looks at the development of a polite urban culture in new ways. It shows how John learned the rules of politeness while he was still a merchant. Long before John inherited, he learned ...
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This chapter looks at the development of a polite urban culture in new ways. It shows how John learned the rules of politeness while he was still a merchant. Long before John inherited, he learned the rules of London's polite society. It was symbolised by the urban visit and the conspicuous use of the coach. The discussion illustrates the development of politeness by describing John's entry into society. It shows how a group of supposedly dependent women controlled daily rites of sociability. The dynamic, urban culture that confronted John was a blend of civic humanism, natural law, and commercial inputs. London was its location, politeness its doctrine, and courtesy manuals its texts. The gentleman became its ideal type. Unlike previous generations, John made use of the London marriage market.Less
This chapter looks at the development of a polite urban culture in new ways. It shows how John learned the rules of politeness while he was still a merchant. Long before John inherited, he learned the rules of London's polite society. It was symbolised by the urban visit and the conspicuous use of the coach. The discussion illustrates the development of politeness by describing John's entry into society. It shows how a group of supposedly dependent women controlled daily rites of sociability. The dynamic, urban culture that confronted John was a blend of civic humanism, natural law, and commercial inputs. London was its location, politeness its doctrine, and courtesy manuals its texts. The gentleman became its ideal type. Unlike previous generations, John made use of the London marriage market.
Thomas A. McCabe
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823233106
- eISBN:
- 9780823234950
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823233106.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Social History
This chapter discusses the value of sport in advancing the institution of St. Benedict's. It first cites the hardwood heroics of Jimmy Donahue in winning the school's first ...
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This chapter discusses the value of sport in advancing the institution of St. Benedict's. It first cites the hardwood heroics of Jimmy Donahue in winning the school's first state prep basketball championship. This triggered a sequence of events that changed athletics at St. Benedict's. It then mentions the contributions of Ernest “Prof” Blood, a legendary national basketball coach. A stern disciplinarian who demanded perfection, Blood fitted in perfectly with the way the Benedictines conducted their school in Newark. Then the discussion turns to the ancient rivalry between the Gray Bees of St. Benedict's and the Pirates of Seton Hall Prep School. Lastly, the discussion deals with Joseph Kasberger, the school's coach to numerous football and baseball teams to undefeated seasons, who coined the phrase “Benedict's hates a quitter” .Less
This chapter discusses the value of sport in advancing the institution of St. Benedict's. It first cites the hardwood heroics of Jimmy Donahue in winning the school's first state prep basketball championship. This triggered a sequence of events that changed athletics at St. Benedict's. It then mentions the contributions of Ernest “Prof” Blood, a legendary national basketball coach. A stern disciplinarian who demanded perfection, Blood fitted in perfectly with the way the Benedictines conducted their school in Newark. Then the discussion turns to the ancient rivalry between the Gray Bees of St. Benedict's and the Pirates of Seton Hall Prep School. Lastly, the discussion deals with Joseph Kasberger, the school's coach to numerous football and baseball teams to undefeated seasons, who coined the phrase “Benedict's hates a quitter” .
Helen Jacobsen
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199693757
- eISBN:
- 9780191731976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693757.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter looks at the practical aspects of sending an ambassador abroad. It details their diplomatic pay and expenses, and the material objects with which they were furnished in their role as the ...
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This chapter looks at the practical aspects of sending an ambassador abroad. It details their diplomatic pay and expenses, and the material objects with which they were furnished in their role as the king’s representative. These comprised large quantities of silver plate from the Jewel House and a chair of state and canopy from the Great Wardrobe; diplomats were also provided with allowances for commissioning the monarch’s portrait and gala coaches for their formal entry. During the fifty years after 1660 a notable evolution occurred in which diplomats played a greater personal role in the fashioning of their royal perquisites, and during which the dictates of elite fashion affected the way they looked and the goldsmiths, joiners, and craftsmen who were employed. By 1714 an ambassador’s official environment had become as much a reflection of his own tastes as those of diplomatic precedence.Less
This chapter looks at the practical aspects of sending an ambassador abroad. It details their diplomatic pay and expenses, and the material objects with which they were furnished in their role as the king’s representative. These comprised large quantities of silver plate from the Jewel House and a chair of state and canopy from the Great Wardrobe; diplomats were also provided with allowances for commissioning the monarch’s portrait and gala coaches for their formal entry. During the fifty years after 1660 a notable evolution occurred in which diplomats played a greater personal role in the fashioning of their royal perquisites, and during which the dictates of elite fashion affected the way they looked and the goldsmiths, joiners, and craftsmen who were employed. By 1714 an ambassador’s official environment had become as much a reflection of his own tastes as those of diplomatic precedence.
Helen Jacobsen
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199693757
- eISBN:
- 9780191731976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693757.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Cultural History
Fine art was only one area of luxury consumption: clothes, coaches, textiles, and interior furnishings were generally much more expensive than paintings, and highly sought after. English diplomats ...
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Fine art was only one area of luxury consumption: clothes, coaches, textiles, and interior furnishings were generally much more expensive than paintings, and highly sought after. English diplomats abroad were exposed to all areas of cultural life and used their access to foreign luxury goods to procure fashionable items for their friends, patrons, and even for the king. An understanding of the importance of the visual trappings of majesty was potentially as useful politically at the later Stuart courts as a military or legal training. Beds, textiles, furniture, wall hangings, silver, and coaches were bought by diplomats; when brought back to England they had a rarity or novelty factor, or put the owner in the height of fashion; either way, they lent the owner a prestige and standing that set him apart from the crowd.Less
Fine art was only one area of luxury consumption: clothes, coaches, textiles, and interior furnishings were generally much more expensive than paintings, and highly sought after. English diplomats abroad were exposed to all areas of cultural life and used their access to foreign luxury goods to procure fashionable items for their friends, patrons, and even for the king. An understanding of the importance of the visual trappings of majesty was potentially as useful politically at the later Stuart courts as a military or legal training. Beds, textiles, furniture, wall hangings, silver, and coaches were bought by diplomats; when brought back to England they had a rarity or novelty factor, or put the owner in the height of fashion; either way, they lent the owner a prestige and standing that set him apart from the crowd.
Jules Barbey D’aurevilly
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816696895
- eISBN:
- 9781452952369
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816696895.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
In this chapter a middle-aged man, the Vicomte de Bassard, recalls his first, youthful affair, one that ended with the young lady’s sudden death at the worst possible moment, and in the worst ...
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In this chapter a middle-aged man, the Vicomte de Bassard, recalls his first, youthful affair, one that ended with the young lady’s sudden death at the worst possible moment, and in the worst possible place. The Vicomte de Bassard tells this story to the narrator after they meet in a coach as they travel between small towns. The narrator also thinks about the nature of beauty and the Vicomte de Bassard past experiences in the French army. This is a tragicomic tale with a superb evocation of life in a military town in Normandy in the early nineteenth century. This short story is about twenty thousand words in length.Less
In this chapter a middle-aged man, the Vicomte de Bassard, recalls his first, youthful affair, one that ended with the young lady’s sudden death at the worst possible moment, and in the worst possible place. The Vicomte de Bassard tells this story to the narrator after they meet in a coach as they travel between small towns. The narrator also thinks about the nature of beauty and the Vicomte de Bassard past experiences in the French army. This is a tragicomic tale with a superb evocation of life in a military town in Normandy in the early nineteenth century. This short story is about twenty thousand words in length.
Jenny McMahon
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719096310
- eISBN:
- 9781526120809
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096310.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Personal testimony of a member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps injured in the M62 coach bombing of 1974.
Personal testimony of a member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps injured in the M62 coach bombing of 1974.
Ryan C. W. Hall and Richard C. W. Hall
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195387476
- eISBN:
- 9780199914517
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387476.003.0074
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter discusses how psychometric testing can aid clinicians and forensic experts in understanding a patient/examinee. In addition, the chapter discusses how psychometric test results ...
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This chapter discusses how psychometric testing can aid clinicians and forensic experts in understanding a patient/examinee. In addition, the chapter discusses how psychometric test results suggestive for malingering may look based on the malingerer’s situation (e.g. criminal or civil context), motivation (faking good or faking bad), and sophistication (e.g., coached). Other factors that may also result in symptom elevation scores (e.g., stress of a lawsuit, response bias, unconscious factors), which may not be due to a clear intention to malinger, are also discussed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the ethical obligations inherent with the use of these tests (e.g., test integrity, informing about validity scales, sharing of results).Less
This chapter discusses how psychometric testing can aid clinicians and forensic experts in understanding a patient/examinee. In addition, the chapter discusses how psychometric test results suggestive for malingering may look based on the malingerer’s situation (e.g. criminal or civil context), motivation (faking good or faking bad), and sophistication (e.g., coached). Other factors that may also result in symptom elevation scores (e.g., stress of a lawsuit, response bias, unconscious factors), which may not be due to a clear intention to malinger, are also discussed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the ethical obligations inherent with the use of these tests (e.g., test integrity, informing about validity scales, sharing of results).
Charity Vogel
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801449086
- eISBN:
- 9780801469763
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801449086.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
This chapter narrates how the New York Express derailed as it neared the Big Sister Creek bridge just east of Angola at 3:11 P.M. The train ran over the frog connected to the main line, and ...
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This chapter narrates how the New York Express derailed as it neared the Big Sister Creek bridge just east of Angola at 3:11 P.M. The train ran over the frog connected to the main line, and passengers in the coach cars did not see the plume of grit rise into the air behind the rear wheels. James Mahar rushed down the track bed, running as fast as he could in the wake of the train, and witnessed the rear car rise and then drop, followed by a plume of gravel and ice. Mahar knew that a derailment was about to happen as he watched the back of the train, which seemed to increase speed as it pulled away. The rear truck of the last car was certainly off the rail, but the train was still moving.Less
This chapter narrates how the New York Express derailed as it neared the Big Sister Creek bridge just east of Angola at 3:11 P.M. The train ran over the frog connected to the main line, and passengers in the coach cars did not see the plume of grit rise into the air behind the rear wheels. James Mahar rushed down the track bed, running as fast as he could in the wake of the train, and witnessed the rear car rise and then drop, followed by a plume of gravel and ice. Mahar knew that a derailment was about to happen as he watched the back of the train, which seemed to increase speed as it pulled away. The rear truck of the last car was certainly off the rail, but the train was still moving.
Christina Wielgolawski
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789888083640
- eISBN:
- 9789882209299
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888083640.003.0009
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
This chapter presents a longitudinal case study of a single adult learner of French in New Zealand, which focuses on the role of ‘coaching’ in the self-directed learning process. The results of the ...
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This chapter presents a longitudinal case study of a single adult learner of French in New Zealand, which focuses on the role of ‘coaching’ in the self-directed learning process. The results of the study highlight the benefits of the flexible and ongoing nature of such an approach to supporting independent learning, with the coach playing a role not only in assisting with the processes of needs analysis, goal setting and programme planning, but also in asking questions and discussing the process of self-directed learning.Less
This chapter presents a longitudinal case study of a single adult learner of French in New Zealand, which focuses on the role of ‘coaching’ in the self-directed learning process. The results of the study highlight the benefits of the flexible and ongoing nature of such an approach to supporting independent learning, with the coach playing a role not only in assisting with the processes of needs analysis, goal setting and programme planning, but also in asking questions and discussing the process of self-directed learning.
Georges Dicker
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195381467
- eISBN:
- 9780199897124
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195381467.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter surveys, formulates, and evaluates Berkeley's main arguments for the foundational doctrine of his philosophy, namely that we perceive only our own ideas or, as he puts it, that sensible ...
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This chapter surveys, formulates, and evaluates Berkeley's main arguments for the foundational doctrine of his philosophy, namely that we perceive only our own ideas or, as he puts it, that sensible qualities are only ideas or sensations in the mind: the pleasure-pain argument, two subtly different versions of the argument from perceptual relativity (one of which invokes, in effect, the twentieth-century notion of sense-data), and an argument, overlooked by commentators, that Dicker calls “the argument from the principle of perceptual immediacy,” which is intended, among other things, to obviate the distinction between the dispositional and the manifest aspects of a sensible quality. The chapter offers in-depth critiques of each argument, and gives a detailed analysis of three different concepts of immediate perception used by Berkeley. It draws substantially on contemporary work in the philosophy of perception (e.g. Moore, Chisholm, Smith) and contemporary Berkeley scholarship (e.g. Pappas, Warnock, Winkler, Rickless).Less
This chapter surveys, formulates, and evaluates Berkeley's main arguments for the foundational doctrine of his philosophy, namely that we perceive only our own ideas or, as he puts it, that sensible qualities are only ideas or sensations in the mind: the pleasure-pain argument, two subtly different versions of the argument from perceptual relativity (one of which invokes, in effect, the twentieth-century notion of sense-data), and an argument, overlooked by commentators, that Dicker calls “the argument from the principle of perceptual immediacy,” which is intended, among other things, to obviate the distinction between the dispositional and the manifest aspects of a sensible quality. The chapter offers in-depth critiques of each argument, and gives a detailed analysis of three different concepts of immediate perception used by Berkeley. It draws substantially on contemporary work in the philosophy of perception (e.g. Moore, Chisholm, Smith) and contemporary Berkeley scholarship (e.g. Pappas, Warnock, Winkler, Rickless).
