Sentences with phrase «less understanding of»

Children of mothers with BPD struggled to identify and describe causes of emotion, and had less understanding of mental states, doing less well in the Theory of Mind tasks

there is less understanding of the needs of working with Indigenous communities, particularly in remote areas - for example, staff in ICCs have stated that management in central agencies often does not understand the need for staff to visit communities on a regular basis in order to develop a rapport for effective communication with them and in order to progress issues; and

What's hilarious is watching people who have less understanding of classical laws of physics than 19th century physicists start babbling about 20th century quantum mechanics.

As the discussion developed, I realised that he had a lot less understanding of what he was doing than I had credited him with.

Many children with disabilities may be less mature than their typical peers and may reflect less understanding of how to manage their own emotions.

Maybe they get better GCSE grades, but that just means they are better at doing GCSEs, in general they have far less understanding of what they're doing.

If you are having an argument with your spouse and you just took acetaminophen, this research suggests you might be less understanding of what you did to hurt your spouse's feelings.»

Previously, scientists understood that global warming would further «green» the Arctic but had less understanding of the degree and how these shifts would interact with the climate itself.

While that might indicate less understanding of the cooperative task, one of the researchers behind the rook study suggests that birds may simply be unable to overcome a natural impatience.

They are the same idiots who voted for Hugo Chavez and for Alexis Tsipras who have less understanding of economics than a three - yer - old child.

It is easier to convince someone about magical things if they have less understanding of science.

However, drivers who don't cycle are known to have a lesser understanding of cycle safety than those who do, causing unnecessary tension and danger on our roads.»

Not exact matches

It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

That's partly because 94 percent of investing partners at venture firms are male and, female entrepreneurs say, less likely to understand the potential of a business that specifically targets women as customers.

I understand wanting to build relationships with people who have similar interests, but when you view everyone else outside of those interests as having lesser value, you're missing opportunities to expand your horizons and meet great people.

At work, the link between an employee's day - to - day work and the success of the business can be less obvious but employees must understand the importance of their contribution to the success of their department and company as a whole.

The more vague an understanding the people in your network have of what you do the less likely you are to get on the bid list or receive a hot tip.

The less work affiliates must do to understand the parameters of the agreement, the more work they can do to sell and promote products.

Once customers understand the benefits of your product or service and the value to them, it's much easier to make a sale, and you will also find that the customer is less likely to try to negotiate the price down.

No organization can function, much less grow, without trust and trust only thrives where people understand what each other is willing and capable of doing.

Though Jobs's explanation was logical enough — with iTunes sales set to outpace those of CDs, he said it was time to drop the compact disc from the logo — observers were less than understanding, loudly deriding the blue bubble and black note as everything from «nondescript» to «hideous.»

Chances are you know less about emotional intelligence (EI) than you think, but for those on the leadership track, a better understanding of it can make all the difference.

But I understood that I needed to devote more of my time to accomplishing this task, so I nixed other lower priority items instead of spending less time in my pursuit of new business.

These newest results boost the case of the those who argue that immersing yourself in a fictional world populated by layered, complex characters can't help but increase your understanding of how the human mind works and make your fellow humans a little less strange to you.

Garnering less enthusiasm were considerations such as asset allocation strategy (balancing an investment portfolio to take into account goals, risk tolerance and length of time), with a mean of 4.7, and understanding price - earning ratios for traded stock, which saw a mean of 4.3.

Lew credited past sessions of the annual U.S. - China Strategic and Economic Dialogue talks with helping to reach understandings that have made currency less of an irritant for the two countries.

What it does mean, is that once kids are old enough to understand the finer points of language (and according to Bergen, that's probably younger than you imagine), there's no cause for guilt if you use (and they pick up) some less - than - demure language.

According to a story in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, his reasoning goes like this: «Call me opportunistic; I thought I could get better people with less competition because we were willing to understand the skills and capabilities that many of these women had.»

So a thorough understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, (and to a lesser extend, Outlook and Access) can only stand to benefit you at work.

«Call me opportunistic; I thought I could get better people with less competition because we were willing to understand the skills and capabilities that many of these women had.»

Entrepreneurs love babies as much as anyone (and are just as understanding of the stresses of new parenthood), but they're also more likely that corporate bosses to lack the money and manpower that makes losing a key employee for weeks or months anything less than terrifying.

Yet for all the celebration of Facebook's success and the adulation of Zuckerberg as a visionary, what's less well understood is how he goes about his day job as an executive.

Shaikh had to scale down the comfort level for his employees on the road by choosing less expensive hotels and only subsidizing breakfast, instead of three daily meals, but he says employees understand the cut backs.

The more they understand your position, the less likely they'll take your position with a grain of salt.

Because the staff understood the company's financial condition, the layoffs came as less of a surprise.

By understanding the mindset of millennials, the transition will be less painful than it needs to be.

Valdis Krebs of Orgnet explains that «Schools are still stuck on teaching 20th century math for building things rather than 21st century math for understanding things» and suggests that curriculums focus less on the mathematics of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics of patterns (e.g. set theory, graph theory, etc.).

Incidentally, the «rule of law,» broadly understood, is what makes so called «say - on - pay» rules something less than a slam - dunk from a corporate governance point of view.

What Beijing seems not to understand is that current pessimism about the Chinese economy has less to do with the recent spate of bad news than with the lack of reliable data on the Chinese economy and the opacity of Beijing's process of economic policymaking and its intentions.

He said that if he had to rely on the European Space Agency's limited, difficult - to - access data for his work checking climate model predictions against reality, he'd be «more or less blind» — particularly in the vast, uninhabited stretches of the globe like the Pacific, which are vital for understanding the world climate.

«The second, less understood but far more sinister effect of these classified programs, is that they effectively create «permanent records» of our daily activities, even in the absence of any wrongdoing on our part,» Snowden wrote.

When Slava Rubin, the founding CEO of Indeigogo, one of the very first crowdfunding sites that launched in January 2008, talks about it, he hits a point rarely discussed and even less frequently understood.

When we are in fear because of a deadline or external pressure, we are less likely staying open and vulnerable enough to learn and understand something new.

It does take a lot of intellectual power and thought by people in government in various agencies to understand where to draw the line and comply with the desire of the Trump administration for less regulation.

But this is less of a check on power than it first appears because the impact of social media on society and the economy is still poorly understood, and regulation takes time to catch up.

While there's nothing fun about seeing part of your hard - earned student loan payments going toward interest, understanding the process can make it less scary.

By having a thorough understanding of your risk appetite, the purpose of each investment in your portfolio and the implementation plan of your strategy, it allows you to feel much more confident about your investment plan and be less likely to make common behavioral mistakes.

I believe I understand this for DE, US, JP, China new recent edition: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/41/49454618.pdf For the OECD keep in mind, these guys know less than you hope, take it with a lot of salt!

Only Google engineers themselves fully understand how the real Page Rank algorithm really works (not the out of date tool bar one that is currently being updated a lot less frequently).

Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.