Word: laddering
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...will Ladder Theory be coming soon to a Core near you? Though several professors from the Sociology, Psychology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality departments declined comment, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker gave the impression that it may take a second Curricular Review before Ladder Theory finds its way into Harvard sourcebooks...
...Their Ladder Theory rests on a set of basic ideas: men have one ladder for rating women—since they just want to hook up with all of them with varying degrees of urgency—while women have two. On one ladder are the men they want to hook up with, while on the other are men they just want to be friends with. In between lies the abyss into which many men fall while trying to jump from the friend ladder to the hook up ladder...
However, Shawn J. Anchor ’00, Head Teaching Fellow for Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology and Literature and ArtsA-18: Fairy Tales, Children’s Literature, and the Construction of Childhood, sees possible uses for the Theory. Anchor says, “The Ladder Theory does wonders for the self-esteem of female footstools and ‘nice guys who think they should be getting more play’ everywhere by reminding them that looks and money, not just their personality, are to blame. It is rumored to be the homepage for the Yale Marching Band...
...rise as high as eighth with one week to go in the season. Penn actually fell to 12th in the final poll, because, presumably, its 59-7 win over Cornell in a meaningless game wasn’t convincing enough. And Penn began its climb up the human poll ladder much earlier than this year’s Crimson squad...
...health care. It improves the match between the workers' skills and the skills that are being demanded. The nation as a whole gets a spillover benefit if all firms engage in this kind of training. The other component of this would be subsidizing the first rung on the career ladder--through internships, apprenticeships--in professions where that first rung is now being done in some other country...