An integrated theory of the mind.

Finding ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination is the central issue in attacking racism in our society. Yet this book is almost unique among scientific volumes in its focus on that goal. This important book combines critical analysis of…

The objective of this research is to investigate the integration of Theory-Of-Constraints, analytic hierarchy process and linear programming so as to provide management with the capability of making outsourcing decision. This paper compares possible…

A frequent observation of young engineers indicates that many of them are unhappy in their jobs. This is in spite of the numerous internal and external training programs attended by an increasing number of engineering and technical supervisors. Why…

The economic crisis of the 1980s has revived interest in the economic long wave or Kondratiev cycle. Since 1975 the System Dynamics National Model has been the vehicle for development of an endogenous, dynamic theory of the economic long wave. The…

This paper presents an integrated theory of the syntax and semantics of complement control that treats unexpressed subjects in verbal and nominal constructions uniformly, in terms of semantic control constraints that are shown to apply across…

A multitude of disciplines have in modern times proposed conflicting theories of the human imagination. Using recent research and theory from the study of psychological imagery, The anthropological study of symbols and the exploration of…

This paper represents a first attempt to provide an integrated framework to explain the onset, development, and maintenance of sexual offending. According to the Integrated Theory of Sexual Offending (ITSO), sexual abuse occurs as a consequence of a…

Addresses the importance of task design as a topic of study, and summarizes historical perspectives and background of this topic. Emerging controversies and issues surrounding task design are noted, and an integrated model of task design is…

Social scientists have tended to dismiss or neglect the theories of Vilfredo Pareto. But Warren J. Samuels' recent study of Pareto on Policy is the chief of several signs of renewed interest in Pareto's integrative theory of social systems. Samuels'…

The ACT-R theory (Anderson, 1993; Anderson & Lebiere, 1998) is applied to the list memory paradigms of serial recall, recognition memory, free recall, and implicit memory. List memory performance in ACT-R is determined by the level of activation of…