Sentences with phrase «focuses on studying characters»

A unit that focuses on studying characters is one of my favorites.

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Choosing to photograph on the street as her way of studying the fashion world, Jeng focuses her time in NYC — and the city is as much a character as the stylish subjects on her blog «The NYC Streets.»

Twenge and Campbell are drawing here on research from the so - called positive psychology movement, which recently has attempted to shift the focus of psychological research away from disease and disorder to a study of the character strengths that make for happiness and human flourishing.

Right now the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is conducting a major study of the public character of theological education, with a special focus on how seminaries can educate leaders who take their public role seriously.

Psychologist Angela Duckworth, a protà © gà © of Seligman's, has done a range of studies — on college students with low SAT scores, West Point plebes, and national spelling bee contestants, among others — and has found that a determined response to setbacks, an ability to focus on a task, and other noncognitive character strengths are highly predictive of success, much more so than IQ scores.

With its focus on Central African youth in peril, interludes of dreamy stylization and non-native directorial perspective, «White Shadow» will routinely be compared to Kim Nguyen's recent, Oscar - nominated child - soldier study «War Witch» — which also, as it happens, featured a significant albino character.

Very much a character study, with most of the focus mostly on Bjorn Borg (played by Sverrir Gudnason)-- notably, the film was titled Borg in Sweden — and his meticulous, robotlike preparation pitted against the wild - child spirit of John McEnroe, who was seemingly perfectly stunt cast with real - life powder keg Shia LaBeouf.

Both a film about filmmaking and a shrewdly understated character study, Italian writer / director Nanni Morettis Mia Madre focusses on middle - aged director Margherita (Margherita Buy), whose mother (Giulia Lazzarini) lies terminally ill in a Rome hospital.

Your main complaint seems to be that Howard likes, and focuses on, the admittedly more likable but, in your view, less interesting racer more than the racer you think the movie should have focused on, ultimately rendering the film a star vehicle rather than the character study in obsession you wish it were.

An ensemble of characters popping in and out despite focusing more attention on the characters of Sarah and Brad, it's one of the more in - depth studies of human behavior and their foibles in a gated community.

The focus on these four men: the duty - bound Sheriff, the overly loyal deputy, the emotionally - driven husband, and the vengeful gunslinger, is an old West character study dressed up with some fancy oration.

None is worth detailing here and none matters as much as its effects on Daniel, our clear focus in this gripping character study.

From the road trip on, the Coens» screenplay becomes a series of fatalistic jokes — from stepping in sloshy snow to a Catch - 22 with union dues — that shift the focus away from its astute character study.

While the surface says «sci - fi,» Another Earth is a character study at its core, focusing on a person's inner universe as much as the potential of the external one.

In addition to core courses in math, science, language arts, and social studies, we offer electives such as art, environmental stewardship, forensics, Japanese, and science olympiad, plus a series of seminars focused on aviation and aerospace, including Aviation and the American Character, History of Aircraft Design, and Robotics.

The study focuses on the «performance character strengths» of drive — defined as «the ability to apply oneself to a task and stick with it» — and prudence — defined as «the ability to defer gratification and look to the future.»

The academic program of KIPP WAYS Primary is focused on building core foundational academic skills in phonics, reading, writing, and math, enhanced by targeted exposure and instruction in science, social studies, enrichment and character skills.

Despite its flaws, I found Spill Simmer Falter Wither both moving and unforgettable, and recommend it to readers who enjoy literary, quietly paced character studies that focus on the healing bond between humans and animals.

Xieda has spent the exhibitions 20 years studying the history of Chinese written language, specifically focusing on Chinese calligraphy of the fourth century, a period in which the brush came to be used for writing as an alternative to carving characters into wood, bamboo, or stone.

Designed an inquiry - based, early childhood curriculum that focused on mathematical conceptualization and pre-literacy skills, as well as science, social studies, and character education.

One of the positive personality traits receiving particular focus among studies on adolescents is character strengths.

TY - JOUR AU - 김보람 AU - Kyungsook Lee AU - 박진아 AU - 이지성 TI - The Emotional - Behavioral Characters and Behavior Problems in Institutionalized Care Children: Focusing on gender differences T2 - The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology PY - 2008 VL - 13 IS - 1 PB - The Korean Society For Woman Psychology SP - 43 - 61 SN - 1229 - 0726 AB - This study examined the institutional children's psychological features as comparing institutional care children with normal children focusing on gender diffFocusing on gender differences T2 - The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology PY - 2008 VL - 13 IS - 1 PB - The Korean Society For Woman Psychology SP - 43 - 61 SN - 1229 - 0726 AB - This study examined the institutional children's psychological features as comparing institutional care children with normal children focusing on gender difffocusing on gender differences.

Yet, the few studies that included a father character in story stems have focused on adoptive families (Barone and Lionetti 2011), single parent (Bernier and Miljkovitch 2009; Miljkovitch et al. 2012), and post-divorce families (Page and Bretherton 2001), while only one study concerned attachment representations to mother and father, respectively, in children living with two parents (Portu - Zapirain 2013).