effect — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin effectus, from efficere to bring about, from ex + facere to make, do more at do Date: 14th century 1. a. purport, intent b. basic meaning ; essence … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mass Effect — Pour l’article homonyme, voir Mass Effect (série). Mass Effect Éditeur Electronic Arts … Wikipédia en Français
Positivity effect — In psychology and cognitive science, the positivity effect is the tendency of people, when evaluating the causes of the behaviors of a person they like, to attribute positive behaviors to the person s inherent disposition and negative behaviors… … Wikipedia
Discontinuity effect — Psychology … Wikipedia
Turban effect — The turban effect is a term coined in a paper to appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, whose lead author is Christian Unkelbach. [ [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=cfe386b8 e1bd 4b0c 9eac… … Wikipedia
testamentary disposition — The disposition of property by deed, will, or otherwise, in such a manner that it shall not take effect unless or until the grantor dies. Chestnut Street Nat. Bank v Fidelity Ins. Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 186 Pa 333, 40 A 486. See testamentary… … Ballentine's law dictionary
List of effects — This is a list of names for observable phenonema that contain the word effect, amplified by reference(s) to their respective fields of study. #*3D audio effect (audio effects)A*Accelerator effect (economics) *Accordion effect (physics) (waves)… … Wikipedia
Behavioral economics — and its related area of study, behavioral finance, use social, cognitive and emotional factors in understanding the economic decisions of individuals and institutions performing economic functions, including consumers, borrowers and investors,… … Wikipedia
Prospect theory — is a theory that describes decisions between alternatives that involve risk, i.e. alternatives with uncertain outcomes, where the probabilities are known. The model is descriptive: it tries to model real life choices, rather than optimal… … Wikipedia
Sunk costs — In economics and business decision making, sunk costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are sometimes contrasted with prospective costs, which are future costs that may be incurred… … Wikipedia
