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The second attitude dichotomy is perceiving (P) through gathering information or judging (J) for making decisions (Kroeger &Thuesen, 1988) which shows an individual's attitude towards deadlines, organization, and decision making.
Personality & learning styles--lessons for Indian corporate trainers
The concept of dichotomy (also termed binary/ binaries) is used in many fields, not just career development.
Dichotomy, dialectic and dialogic: how do sociology terms assist career development theory?
Army officers who develop a genuine awareness of this dichotomy empower themselves to anticipate the negative externalities of his decisions between the moral imperative of preserving his Soldiers and the professional obligation to accomplish his mission.
Towards a leadership philosophy
Emphasizing the running forward-running backward dichotomy helps the coach teach the importance of keeping opponents in a front view while dropping back on defense.
Word keys in basketball coaching
This fact/value dichotomy has become so widely accepted that I can recall my high school teachers in the 1970s reciting it as an uncontroversial truism; and even my college students today, most of whom are religiously conservative Alabamians unlikely to harbor sympathies for ethical relativism, can be counted on to confront assertions in ethics with the question "Who's to say what's right or wrong?
Putnam, Hilary. The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays
As for Ratzinger, the real dichotomy he warns against is that between true and false.
Cardinal Ratzinger: pastoral concerns with liturgy
They parlayed the dichotomy of winter's weather and concrete, as naturalists tend to do.
Dog gone
Not to give too much away, Smith reduces our educational problems to a simple dichotomy.
Meet Frank Smith: gifts of wisdom for educators
As the author examines the work of twelve painters, Perugino, Leonardo, Hero di Cosimo, Michelangelo, Fra Bartolomeo, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Andrea del Sarto, Franciabigio, Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo, Salviati, and Vasari, he observes a dichotomy of style between innovative and conservative painters.
David G. Franklin. Painting in Renaissance Florence 1500-1550
The separation of the two universities in Wilberforce--the one named after the locale, basically religious in nature, and the other an arm of the "state"--relates to Ransom's being present during the concern with this dichotomy.
Annetta B. Gomez-Jefferson. The Sage of Tawawa: Reverdy Cassius Ransom, 1861-1959
Barbarians and Civilisation traces the evolution of the civilised/barbarian dichotomy from its origins in the 19th century to its recent incarnations in popular discourse.
Barbarians & Civilization: in International Relations
This legal dichotomy is without any foundation whatsoever.
Commercial speech: set it free. (Competing Interests)

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