Many people talk about academic excellence — but who or what really defines this elusive quality?
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and of African and African American studies, analyzes the system of peer review in her new book “How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment” (Harvard University Press, 2009). By examining the process of scholarly evaluation, she also addresses larger questions about academia.
“In some ways studying peer evaluation and review is a point of entry into a much broader issue, which is the issue of meritocracy in American higher education,” says Lamont.
To research the book, Lamont interviewed panelists from research councils and societies of fellows who were evaluating proposals for research funding in the social sciences and the humanities.
Lamont explains that academics must constantly make evaluations, whether of scientific findings or of graduate students. Expertise, personal taste, and the perspective of the evaluator play into the decision-making process, she writes.
“A lot of what the book does is to look at what criteria people use to judge and what meaning they give to these criteria,” says Lamont. “So for instance, what do they mean by ‘significance’ and what do they mean by ‘originality’? How does the definition of ‘originality’ and ‘significance’ vary between philosophy and economics? How strong is the consensus between fields?
Positive Self Esteem
⇒ confidence
⇒ optimism
⇒ sense of humor
These are things that I came up with myself; you can chose if you want to use them or not :)
Neuroimaging studies implicate that the Orbitofrontal Cortex is likely to play a role in the symptom development of the obsessive-compulsive disorder.
<h3>What is the role of the orbitofrontal cortex?</h3>
The orbitofrontal cortex contains the secondary taste cortex, in which the reward value of taste is represented. It also contains the secondary and tertiary olfactory cortical areas, in which information about the identity and also about the reward value of odors is represented.
The orbitofrontal cortex is the area of the prefrontal cortex that sits just above the orbits. It is thus found at the very front of the brain and has extensive connections with sensory areas as well as limbic system structures involved in emotion and memory.
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Answer:
It will be almost impossible to imprison anyone he has accused.
Explanation:
i took the test
