Word: types
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...intention of the research, as Professor Skinner has stated in his report to the Fund, is on "controlling the variables of which learning is a function." By setting up suitable "contingencies of reinforcement," Skinner says, the particular modes of behavior can be directed by the particular type of stimuli. The consequent behavior proves to be predictable over long stretches of time...
Through the study, Lady Jackson hopes to arrive at some tentative conclusion as to what type of agency--public, private, or international--is most effective for giving aid. She will also try to learn which political arrangements are most suitable for economic assistance programs...
...Superba. Checker Motors Corp., makers of Checker taxicabs, next month will begin production of a family-type passenger car called the Superba, which it claims will "perform like a pleasure car and take punishment like a taxicab." The new car, powered by a six-cylinder engine, will be about 198 in. long and somewhat higher and narrower than most U.S. cars, sell in the $2,500 price range...
Robert F. Bales, professor of Social Relations and an expert on group dynamics, said he would emphasize the background and personalities of the students, rather than their sexes, in evaluating the type of group organization preferable. However, he noted that in Social Sciences 112, "Human Relations," "hetrogeneity is preferred in discussion groups because the existence of different perspectives leads to interesting discussions...
...main reason for the success of this type of concert is the participation of two excellent choruses which are quite different in character and style. The Harvard Glee Club is very large and has a deeper tone than the smaller Yale group. The latter has a lighter quality, emphasizing balance and cohesion, showing itself best in works which are essentially chordal, while the Harvard chorus is strongest in polyphony. The Yale group is perhaps more adapted to performing on its own, and its tone is more rounded, having a sort of sophisticated barber shop quality; while the Harvard chorus sounds...