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... tion . Similarly , if pupils in a school thought they were asked to learn too much and decided to work slowly , that would be inhibition ; if they attacked the teachers , or burnt their books , that would be repression . Inhibition ...
... tion . Similarly , if pupils in a school thought they were asked to learn too much and decided to work slowly , that would be inhibition ; if they attacked the teachers , or burnt their books , that would be repression . Inhibition ...
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... tion , and such things , which both took time and diverted production effort . The limitation would not be so stringent in peacetime operations , where you can afford to think in years rather than in months , and where really minute ...
... tion , and such things , which both took time and diverted production effort . The limitation would not be so stringent in peacetime operations , where you can afford to think in years rather than in months , and where really minute ...
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... tion to predicting human behaviour in traffic systems , etc. , at least by the technique he proposes , seems unlikely to offer much valid informa- tion for planning such new systems . Models - Physical When attempting to predict the ...
... tion to predicting human behaviour in traffic systems , etc. , at least by the technique he proposes , seems unlikely to offer much valid informa- tion for planning such new systems . Models - Physical When attempting to predict the ...
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