Record Nr.

UNINA9910455913503321

Titolo

Enhancing human performance [[electronic resource] ] : issues, theories, and techniques / / Daniel Druckman and John A. Swets, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988

ISBN

1-280-21502-X

9786610215027

0-309-57399-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DruckmanDaniel <1939->

SwetsJohn A. <1928->

Disciplina

158

Soggetti

Performance - Psychological aspects

Personnel management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Enhancing Human Performance; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; PART I OVERVIEW; 1 Introduction; THE COMMITTEE'S TASK; THE ARMY'S NEEDS; A SELLER'S MARKET; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE: COMPLEX ISSUES, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS; EVALUATING THE TECHNIQUES; 2 Findings and Conclusions; GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Scientific Evidence; Testimonials as Evidence; Conditions for Implementation; Rational Decision Making; Mechanisms for Advice; Bidding Procedures; SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS; Learning During Sleep; Accelerated Learning; Improving Motor Skills; Altering Mental States; Stress Management; Influence Strategies

Group CohesionParapsychology; 3 Evaluation Issues; STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING BASIC RESEARCH; STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING FIELD TESTS OF PROGRAMS; The Organizational Context; Describing a Program's Consequences; Immediate Effects; Side Effects; Assigning Value to Pilot Programs; Meeting Needs; Likelihood of Transfer; Contrast with Alternatives; CURRENT STATUS OF ARMY EVALUATIONS; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES; PART II PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; 4

Learning; LEARNING DURING SLEEP; Other Types of Learning Without Awareness; Types of Knowledge; Measurement of Memory ""Strength""

Remembering With and Without AwarenessPotential Applications of Learning During Sleep; Applications of Learning During Verified Sleep; Applications of Disrupted-Sleep Learning; Direction and Design of Future Research; Research on Stimulus-Driven Learning During EEG-Verified Sleep; Research on Sleep-Disrupted Learning; Sources of Information; ACCELERATED LEARNING; Packaged Programs for Accelerated Learning; The SALTT Classroom; The Evidence; Assumed Theoretical Support; Support for Traditional Instructional Components; Generation and Elaboration; Spacing of Repetitions; Imagery

Songs and Rhythm as Mnemonic DevicesCooperative Learning; Advanced Organizers; Tests as Motivational Devices and Learning Events; Review of the SALTT Learning Literature; Testimonial Evidence; Confounding Factors; Weak Designs and Questionable Interpretations; Independent Evaluations; Direction and Design of Future Research; Sources of Information; 5 Improving Motor Skills; MENTAL PRACTICE; Previous Reviews; Theoretical Explanations for Mental Practice; SyberVision®; Conclusions; VISUAL CONCENTRATION; Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques; Visual Training Programs; The ProVision Training Program

Research Literature on Visual TrainingDirection and Design of Future Research; Conclusions; BIOFEEDBACK; Electromyography; Electroencephalography; Spontaneous EEG Activity; Event-Related Potentials; Slow Potentials; Heart Rate; Concurrent Task Performance; Economy of Effort in Static and Dynamic Exercise; Respiration; Thermal Self-Regulation; Multiple Autonomic Responses; Conclusions; SOURCES OF INFORMATION; 6 Altering Mental States; ALTERING MENTAL STATES FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; The Nature of Hemispheric Differences; Information-Processing Capacity; Hemisphericity

Synchronizing Hemispheric Activity

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457986103321

Autore

Goss Kristin A.

Titolo

Disarmed : The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America / / Kristin A. Goss

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2006

ISBN

1-282-96487-9

9786612964879

1-4008-3775-8

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; ; 120

Disciplina

363.330973

Soggetti

Firearms and crime -- United States -- Prevention

Gun control -- United States

Violent crimes -- United States -- Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. The Gun Control (Participation) Paradox -- CHAPTER TWO. A Movement in Theory -- CHAPTER THREE. Socializing Costs: Patronage and Political Participation -- CHAPTER FOUR. Personalizing Benefits: Issue Frames and Political Participation -- CHAPTER FIVE. Changing the Calculation: Policy Incrementalism and Political Participation -- CHAPTER SIX. Mobilizing around Modest Measures: Three Cases -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Politics, Participation, and Public Goods -- Appendix A: Gun-Related Trends -- Appendix B: Brief Case Studies of Other Social-Reform Movements -- Appendix C: Survey of Million Mom March Participants -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and

schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. Why? Disarmed unravels this paradox. Based on historical archives, interviews, and original survey evidence, Kristin Goss suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, the difficulties in articulating a message that would resonate with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy. The power of the so-called gun lobby has played an important role in hobbling the gun-control campaign, but that is not the entire story. Instead of pursuing a strategy of incremental change on the local and state levels, gun control advocates have sought national policies. Some 40% of state gun control laws predate the 1970's, and the gun lobby has systematically weakened even these longstanding restrictions. A compelling and engagingly written look at one of America's most divisive political issues, Disarmed illuminates the organizational, historical, and policy-related factors that constrain mass mobilization, and brings into sharp relief the agonizing dilemmas faced by advocates of gun control and other issues in the United States.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446749303321

Titolo

Collections : a journal for museum and archives professionals

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Walnut Creek, Calif. : , : AltaMira Press, , 2004-

ISSN

2631-9667

Disciplina

069.505

Soggetti

Museums - Collection management

Museum techniques

Museums - Philosophy