The difficulties some children are facing later on in life can only partly be blamed on their parents» failure to instill «good character» — which Tough
defines as curiosity, perseverance and generosity of spirit — in those early years when the prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain where character develops) is at its most plastic.
Not exact matches
I also believe that since our ideas about who God is and what God does must be
defined and corrected (not just supplemented) by Christ, the fact that he lived
as an outcast and died a death reserved for anti-Roman rebels is not merely a fact of passing historical
curiosity.
Just out of
curiosity, I ran the numbers to see how many states have elected women to major statewide office, which I'm
defining as governor...
Thought to have approximate masses between 13 and 80 Jupiters, they can be
defined neither
as massive planets nor tiny stars; they're entirely different substellar
curiosities that possess qualities of both.
Tyrion is
defined as much by his appetites for sex, food and drink, his fateful romantic streak, his strategic cunning, his
curiosity about the world around him, his love for his brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster - Waldau) and his inability to pass up an opportunity to tweak his sister Cersei (Lena Headey)
as he is his stature.
In fact, the most well - known purveyor of the philosophy is probably the Knowledge Is Power Program's (KIPP) charter schools, which are frequently pointed to by education reformers
as the model for the future of uplifting poor children, and which distinguish themselves in part by rating those students that don't dropout on their «character,» an amorphous concept KIPP
defines as «grit, zest, self - control, optimism, gratitude, social intelligence, and
curiosity.»
You can actually feel the tug of war between McLaren (and Gordon Murray) and Mercedes in the dynamic behaviour, which may score
curiosity points (and can be
defined as «character»), but it makes for an unusual beast.
I enjoyed Shulock's ode to precocious young narrators
defined by «idiosyncratic voices, unapologetic intelligence and bold
curiosity» (à la Blue van Meer in Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics — which,
as a side note, was probably my favorite book of 2006).
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Ryan and Deci's Self - Determination Theory
defines intrinsic motivation
as motivation that is generated internally, such
as interest or
curiosity; and extrinsic motivation
as motivation that is generated externally by an outcome outside of the activity itself, such
as a money reward or an evaluation.