Sentences with phrase «specific utilitarian functions»

These altcoins are tokens that serve specific utilitarian functions on a decentralized app or platform.

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Katz has identified four major functions served by attitudes within the human personality: (1) the utilitarian function, by which certain attitudes enable maximization of rewards and avoidance of pain in adjusting to one's environment; (2) the ego - defensive function, by which specific attitudes protect the ego; (3) the value - expressive function, by which particular attitudes provide satisfaction from personal values and self - concept; and (4) the knowledge function, by which certain attitudes satisfy the need to structure and understand one's universe.

And as a poster, a book cover has a specific, utilitarian function to perform — to catch the reader's eye.