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Effect of paper type on evaluation of resumes
I heard about an experiment that have shown an effect of the type of paper a resume was printed on, on the evaluation of the resume. If I remember correctly, resumes printed on heaver paper, or ...
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Is there experimental support for John Perry's “Theory of Structured Procrastination”?
John Perry's theory of structured procrastination can be summed up as follows:
Some people are inherently predisposed to be procrastinators across a wide range of domains
Such procrastinators are ...
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Accuracy of social judgements of observers watching business meetings
I'm very interested in how people size one another up in social situations and in particular what we key in on when we are making these judgements.
Let's make an imaginary experiment.
I make ...
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What is a good book for studying incentives?
I am looking for a book, which gives a broad overview of all the main theories regarding incentives. Using this book, I would like to further my understanding of things like:
Why slot machines ...
