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1. " Because transformation has actually enabled genetic exchange in natural populations, it is tempting to conclude that this explains the selection for competence."

Source:   Dubnau, David. "DNA UPTAKE IN BACTERIA" Annual Review of Microbiology Jan. 1 1999: 217 Google This

2. " However, at higher levels of development there is action as well as a change in thinking: "Psychological empowerment is not simply self-perceptions of competence but includes active engagement in one's community and an understanding of one's sociopolitical environment" (Zimmerman, 1995, p. 582; emphasis added)."

Source:   Watts, Roderick J.,Griffith, Derek M.,Abdul-Adil, Jaleel. "Sociopolitical development as an antidote for oppression - theory and action" American Journal of Community Psychology 27.2 Apr. 1 1999: 255-256 Google This

3. " As I will argue, Harper suggests that a particular folk cultural pattern can defeat this linguistic exclusion, allowing speakers without the legitimate competence to avoid silence."

Source:   Christmann, James. "Raising Voices, Lifting Shadows: Competing Voice-Paradigms in Frances E. W. Harper's Iola Leroy" African American Review 34.1 Mar. 22 2000: 5 Google This

4. " Performance goals, or ego-involved goals, focus on demonstrating one's competence and avoiding the appearance of incompetence (cf. Ames, 1992; Dweck, 1986; Nichols, 1984)."

Source:   DEBACKER, TERESA K.,NELSON, R. MICHAEL. "Motivation to Learn Science: Differences Related to Gender, Class Type, and Ability" Journal of Educational Research 93.4 Mar. 1 2000: 245 Google This

5. "... a colleague for information in order to improve customer service and avoid mistakes in the long run), (2) any goal not related to competence improvement (e.g. asking a colleague for one specific piece of information about one specific customer), (3) no goal."

Source:   Sonnentag, Sabine,Kleine, Barbara M. "Deliberate practice at work: A study with insurance agents" Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 73.1 Mar. 1 2000: 87 Google This

6. " These extrinsic factors include seeking to demonstrate competence or to avoid demonstrating incompetence relative to others (performance or ego-related goals), wanting to please others (social goals), and wanting to earn good grades."

Source:   Miller, Raymond B.,DeBacker, Teresa K.,Greene, Barbara A. "Perceived Instrumentality and Academics: The Link to Task Valuing" Journal of Instructional Psychology 26.4 Dec. 1 1999: 250 Google This

7. " Each of those puzzle tasks lasted approximately 4 min, after which the experimenter very carefully avoided giving participant or confederate any competence-relevant feedback."

Source:   PATRICK, BRIAN C.,HISLEY, JENNIFER,KEMPLER, TONI. ""What's Everybody So Excited About?": The Effects of Teacher Enthusiasm on Student Intrinsic Motivation and Vitality" Journal of Experimental Education 68.3 Mar. 22 2000: 217 Google This

8. " Thus, it is possible that, providing individuals who have high levels of anxiety avoid quantitatively based professions, they will not necessarily have negative perceptions about their job competence."

Source:   ONWUEGBUZIE, ANTHONY J. "Statistics Anxiety and the Role of Self-Perceptions" Journal of Educational Research 93.5 May 1 2000: 323 Google This

9. " But, he cautioned, "I think we should avoid 'all-or-nothing' traps, namely to believe we are going to solve this 100-year conflict tomorrow morning." ..."

Source:   . "'Chance for life' in Mideast peace talks" Washington Times Nov. 12 2004: 01 Google This

10. " Such a study may be helpful in elucidating the relationships among the cognitive and meta-cognitive processes that exist and are formed when efficient learning requires competence in psychological metrics for complex learning."

Source:   LU, MEI-YAN,WEBB, JAMES M.,KRUS, DAVID J.,FOX, LAURA S. "Using Order Analytic Instructional Hierarchies of Mnemonics to Facilitate Learning Chinese and Japanese Kanji Characters" Journal of Experimental Education 67.4 June 22 1999: 293 Google This

11. "... author of The New Know-Nothings, an adjunct professor of sociology at SUNY, Stonybrook, is best known for books that explain science to general readers--The Stow of Psychology and How Science Takes Stock: The Stow of Meta-Analysis, among others."

Source:   GRAFTON, CARL. "The New Know-Nothings: The Political Foes of the Scientific Studyof Human Nature" Perspectives on Political Science 29.9 Mar. 22 2000: 126 Google This

12. " Darwinians claim that natural selection of adaptive random variations (modifications in the organism now associated with genetic mutations, which Darwin knew nothing about) can explain life's design all by itself -- if given enough time."

Source:   Haught, John F. "EVOLUTION & GOD'S HUMILITY - How theology can embrace Darwin" Commonweal 127.2 Jan. 28 2000: 12 Google This

13. " However, in doing so he appears to offer only two options: either the magisterium possesses an infallible competence, over the natural law, or no competence whatsoever."

Source:   GAILLARDETZ, RICHARD R. "BEYOND ITS AUTHORITY? THE MAGISTERIUM AND MATTERS OF NATURAL LAW" Theological Studies 60.2 June 1 1999: 393 Google This

14. " I think that's a legacy to be proud of." SOFTBALL TIME President Clinton, who has been avoiding press questions for months, got nothing but softballs when he was interviewed yesterday by Janet Langhart Cohen."

Source:   Pierce, Greg. "INSIDE POLITICS" Washington Times Mar. 5 1999: 8 Google This

15. "... perceptions of competence (T2) was: "I believe I have a natural talent for swimming." These scales yielded Cronbach alpha coefficients of .60 (T1) and .83 (T2)."

Source:   Kowal, John,Fortier, Michelle S. "Testing Relationships From the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Using Flow as a Motivational Consequence" Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 71.2 June 1 2000: 171 Google This

16. " Undeniably, the advances of medical science have been able to combat and even eradicate major illnesses which had plagued humankind in the past; yet, its competence in attacking illness does not equally extend to fostering and sustaining human health and natural well-being."

Source:   Dalmayr, Fred. "The Enigma of Health: Hans-Georg Gadamer at 100" Review of Politics 62.2 Mar. 22 2000: 327 Google This

17. " The results of these final experiments clearly indicate that the increases in catecholamine levels that naturally occur around the time of competence, mimicked by exposure to the lower dose of L-DOPA, are not sufficient to confer competence."

Source:   PIRES, ANTHONY,CROLL, ROGER P.,HADFIELD, MICHAEL G. "Catecholamines Modulate Metamorphosis in the Opisthobranch Gastropod Phestilla sibogae" Biological Bulletin 198.3 June 1 2000: 319 Google This

18. " Since that totality and order have never yet come within the rational competence of our race ... the natural effect of such poetry is the religious one of humility and awe."

Source:   Christensen, Laird. "SPIRIT ASTIR IN THE WORLD: WENDELL BERRY'S SACRAMENTAL POETRY" Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature 52.2 Jan. 1 2000: 163

19. " Job retention: Toward vocational competence, self management, and natural supports."

Source:   Lustig, Daniel C. "Family Caregiving of Adults with Mental Retardation: Key Issues for Rehabilitation Counselors" Journal of Rehabilitation 65.2 Apr. 1 1999: 26 Google This

20. " Among the documented mechanisms are insertion of viral genomes (perhaps including genes from a previous viral host), transfer of mobile genetic elements between individuals, and competence of bacteria for transformation under natural conditions."

Source:   DELWICHE, CHARLES F. "GRIFFINS AND CHIMERAS: EVOLUTION AND HORIZONTAL GENETRANSFER" BioScience 50.1 Jan. 1 2000: 85 Google This

21. " Attorney General Stenberg represented the State of Nebraska; Mr. Simon Heller argued for the Respondents Dr. Carhart et al. The Abstracts section includes recent articles on the views of psychiatrists and psychologists on evaluation of competence of patients to consent to assisted-suicide;..."

Source:   Bopp, James Jr. "Preface" Issues in Law & Medicine 16.1 June 22 2000 Google This

22. " Chapters provide clinical pictures of asthma and exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), including epidemiology of asthma, and psycho-social consequences of asthma on school-aged children related to psychological adjustment, social competence, and school performance."

Source:   . "Children with Asthma and Physical Exercise: Effects of a PhysicalExercise Programme for Children with Asthma" Palaestra 16.3 June 22 2000: 18 Google This

23. " It has its greatest advantage in teaching such basic disciplines as mathematics, statistics, accounting, economics, law, psychology, and sociology; it has least competence in teaching the current practice, techniques, and language of business."

Source:   Siedel, George J. "Six forces and the legal environment of business: the relative value of business law among business school core courses" American Business Law Journal 37.4 June 22 2000: 717 Google This

24. " These findings of the potential negative impact of diversity on self-perceptions of competence, satisfaction, and psychological commitment do not bode well for pluralism and the achievement of competitive advantage through improved human-resources capabilities."

Source:   KIRBY, SUSAN L.,RICHARD, ORLANDO C. "Impact of Marketing Work-Place Diversity on Employee Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment" Journal of Social Psychology 140.3 June 1 2000: 367 Google This

25. " The church/synagogue and the psychological competence of the member: An initial inquiry into a neglected dimension."

Source:   Peyrot, Mark,Sweeney, Francis M. "Determinants of Parishioner Satisfaction among Practicing Catholics" Sociology of Religion 61.2 June 22 2000: 209 Google This

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