The Scholar's Depot: Where Knowledge Meets Opportunity

Who created the behaviorism theory? - BF Skinner What is the behaviorism theory? - People are fundamentally passive and will respond only when the environment tempts them to get rewards or avoid punishments; no room for the self-determination theory Who are Ed Deci and Richard Ryan? - They researched motivation and founded Self-determination Theory What is the Self-Determination Theory? - A theory of motivation concerned with supporting our natural or intrinsic tendencies to behave ...

Life by design - A well-designed life is a life that is generative—it is constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving, and there is always the possibility of surprise. Designer Mindsets - Be curious Try stuff Reframe problems Know it’s a process Ask for help-Radical collaboration 80% people - of all ages don't really know what they are passionate about Research shows that for most people passion comes after they... - try something, discover they like it, and develop...

Elements of Well-Being - Positive emotion Engagement Positive Relationships Meaning Accomplishment Recreation or leisure - Aspects of your life that are freely chosen and intrinsically motivated Experience design - the utilization of design thinking principles to create meaningful and even transformative experiences for self, family, friends, and others Competence/Joyfulness - what you are not good at what you are good at What brings you joy A dead end Golden ticket What doesn...

Good life/happiness: - general well-being; balance of full range of human emotions/experiences Recreation/leisure: - aspects of life freely chosen and intrinsically motivated to do Martin Seligman and the pursuit of happiness: what is happiness? - -pursuit of material goods -pursuit of the easy life and of pleasure -pursuit of physical attractiveness Duchenne smiles vs. Pan-am smiles - characteristics? Seligman's definition of the "good life" - using your signature strengt...

Good life/happiness - General well-being; a balance of the full range of human experiences and emotions Recreation/leisure - aspects of your life that are freely chosen and intrinsically motivated Duchenne smile - a genuine smile that involves contraction of a particular set of facial muscles; the full expression including the muscles around the eyes Pam Am smile - fake smile Happy Nuns Study - More than half of "cheerful" nuns lived to 94 States vs. Traits - -Traits are c...

Why did government come to intervene in worker/employer relationship regarding issues of safety and injury at work - -because government wants peoples’ votes. If you see low pay and lots of injury, loss of confidence in government Etiology - the study of the causes of diseases where it is occupational Idiopathic - unknown cause of disease Social construct- - phenomenon that is determined by social/cultural practices. In case of workplace injury our experience, media, and operation...

Using the following diagram, how many feet of conductor is supported by the insulator at the top of pole 2? - 300 feet Using the following diagram, if the conductor weighs 0.655 pounds per foot, what is the weight exerted by the conductor on the insulator at the top of pole 2? - Approximately 197 pounds True/False A pole is an example of a static force load. - True, static "STABLE" The weight exerted by a ________ force load will vary according to different conditions. - Dynamic ...

The operational quadrant between the left-or-right-side outriggers is - over-the-side Cranes are typically built to be - longer than they are wide In a multiple-crane lift, the crane with the greatest net capacity must always be - closest to the loads center of gravity Leverage is defined as - the power applied to a lever to cause the load to move The quadrant that is located between the rear outriggers or crawlers in the rearward direction of travel is known as - over-the-rear ...

In an emergency situation, what is the rigger's first priority? - to prevent injury or loss of life All of the following conditions exert dynamic loading on a crane except: - static boom angle Proper lead sheave placement as it relates to the hoisting drum location is: - proper spooling of wire rope The most important information to consider when planning a lift is: - weight of the load Prior to use, all new, altered, modified, or repaired rigging hardware shall be inspected by ...

Cribbing is used to - Support a load of the ground For some crane load charts, the greater the number of layers on the winch drum, the - Lower the line pull available to lift the load On some manufacturers' load/ capacity charts, the information set off in parentheses under the gross capacities is the - Boom angle The working load limit of a hoist rope is the diameter of the rope - Squared, then multiplied by 8 The device that greatly increases the crane's capacity through conf...