Respondents may avoid using extreme response categories ( central tendency bias ); agree with statements as presented ( acquiescence bias ); or try to portray themselves or their organization in a more favorable light ( social desirability bias ).

The F-scale was worded so that agreement always indicated an authoritarian response, thus leaving it susceptible to the acquiescence response bias.

Work by Mavor, Louis and Sibley recently demonstrated that the existence of 2 or 3 factors in the RWA scale reflects real differences in these dimensions rather than acquiescence response bias.

Designing a scale with balanced keying ( an equal number of positive and negative statements ) can obviate the problem of acquiescence bias, since acquiescence on positively keyed items will balance acquiescence on negatively keyed items, but central tendency and social desirability are somewhat more problematic.

Again, Henley's attitude of defiance which colors his ideal of self-mastery is far from characteristic of a Stoic thinker like Marcus Aurelius, whose gentle acquiescence is almost Christian, comparable to the patience expressed in Milton's sonnet on his own blindness.

They must do something with the acquiescence of the latter, or some of them, which amounts to an acceptance of the law in its entirety beyond all possibility of misconstruction ''.

A philosophy which attempts to supply ultimate answers in an ultimate way reveals its acquiescence in the shortcomings of men, an impatience with partial, tentative solutions.

Orestes was powerless, but nonetheless rejected Cyril's gesture of offering him a Bible, which would mean that the religious authority of Cyril would require Orestes ' acquiescence in the bishop's policy.

With the acquiescence of the Kingdom of Sweden, German troops moved from northern Norway, across northern Sweden, into Finland, which had become an ally of Nazi Germany.

But that night, for the first time, the usual acquiescence turned into violent resistance ... From that night the lives of millions of gay men and lesbians, and the attitude toward them of the larger culture in which they lived, began to change rapidly.

These conflicts included a customs dispute with Austria-Hungary beginning in 1906 ( commonly referred to as the " Pig War "), the Bosnian crisis of 1908 – 1909 in which Serbia assumed an attitude of protest over Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina ( ending in Serbian acquiescence without compensation in March 1909 ), and finally the two Balkan Wars of 1912 – 1913 in which Serbia conquered Macedonia and Kosovo from the Ottoman Empire.

Soft power resources are the assets that produce attraction which often leads to acquiescence.

Parallels are drawn with Gandhi's personification of the Indian woman as a goddess, acquiring certain masculine traits as they gain power as the goddesses did in Hindu mythology, but it is a power which is made more subtle by their virtue and acquiescence.

The truth was that Henry was anxious to obtain from Francis the gold plate and jewels which had been given or promised to the Queen by Louis in addition to the reimbursement of the expenses of her marriage with the King ; and he practically made his acquiescence in Suffolk's suit dependent on his obtaining them.

Usucapion is a method by which ownership of property ( i. e. title to the property ) can be gained by possession of it beyond the lapse of a certain period of time ( acquiescence ).

" The Times added that " There have been at least seven lawsuits filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan accusing Officers of complicity or acquiescence in inmate violence at Rikers, a complex of 10 detention facilities which, along with several other jails around the city, hold about 13, 000 prisoners, most of whom are pretrial detainees.

Together, they formed the Unidad Democrática y Popular ( UDP ), which triumphed in the 1978, 1979, and 1980 elections, mostly as a result of the serious erosion of support for Paz in the aftermath of his original acquiescence to the Banzer dictatorship.

The British acquiescence in the Persian claim to Serri demeaned the very theory on which the protest had been based.

He describes the ways in which the North Carolinian men chase after women, as well as the ready acquiescence of the women to the men ’ s urges.

These instructions were quite lengthy, and were, in substance, that in a large proportion of cases absolute certainty could not be expected ; that, although the verdict must be the verdict of each individual juror, and not a mere acquiescence in the conclusion of his fellows, yet they should examine the question submitted with candor, and with a proper regard and deference to the opinions of each other ; that it was their duty to decide the case if they could conscientiously do so ; that they should listen, with a disposition to be convinced, to each other's arguments ; that, if much the larger number were for conviction, a dissenting juror should consider whether his doubt was a reasonable one which made no impression upon the minds of so many men, equally honest, equally intelligent with himself.

The source of the powers of congress is to be sought solely in the acquiescence of the people, without which every congressional resolution, with or without the benediction of popular conventions or state legislatures, would have been a mere brutum fulmen ; and, as the congress unquestionably exercised national powers, operating over the whole country, the conclusion is inevitable that the will of the whole people is the source of national government in the United States, even from its first imperfect appearance in the second continental congress ...

Their failure to meet their creditors in undergraduate enterprises, and their apparent acquiescence in the charges of vandalism which were periodically brought against them, rendered absolute the necessity of reform.

There appears such a concurrence in the views, such a deference to the suggestions and wishes, and such an acquiescence in the prejudices of Grattan and the Ponsonbys that there seems to me no other way of rescuing you and English government from the annihilation which is impending over it.

Hillgruber argued that Gustav Stresemann was carrying out a " liberal-imperialist " policy in which he sought improved relations with France and by creating an unofficial alliance with the United States in return for which he wanted acquiescence in Germany " revising " her borders with Poland, the annexation of Austria, the remilitarization of the Rhineland, and the return of Eupen-Malmedy.

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Whilst Worthington-Evans was Secretary of State for War he famously said " If the Arab population realised that the peaceful control of Mesopotamia ( Iraq ) ultimately depends on our intention of bombing women and children, I ’ m very doubtful if we shall gain that acquiescence of the fathers and husbands of Mesopotamia to which the Secretary of State for the Colonies ( Winston Churchill ) looks forward.

The state, represented by the emperor Phocas, is persuaded to connive at the pope's assumption of spiritual authority ; the other churches are intimidated into acquiescence ; Lucifer's projects seem fully accomplished, when Heaven raises up Henry VIII of England and his son for their overthrow.

Political acquiescence in demutualisation was clearest in the case of the position on ' carpet baggers ', that is those who joined societies by lodging minimum amounts of £ 100 or so in the hope of profiting from a distribution of surplus after demutualisation.

In both the earliest materials and Geoffrey he is a great and ferocious warrior, who laughs as he personally slaughters witches and giants and takes a leading role in all military campaigns, whereas in the continental romances he becomes the roi fainéant, the " do-nothing king ", whose " inactivity and acquiescence constituted a central flaw in his otherwise ideal society ".

* Paseas, the tyrant of the Greek city-state of Sicyon, is assassinated by Nicocles, with the acquiescence of the Macedonian king Antigonus II.

Colorado arrives saying another participant in the game is the real cheat and plans to confront him with Chance's acquiescence.

His negotiators, his brother Joseph and Talleyrand, constantly shifted their positions, leaving Cornwallis to write, " I feel it as the most unpleasant circumstance attending this unpleasant business that, after I have obtained his acquiescence on any point, I can have no confidence that it is finally settled and that he will not recede from it in our next conversation.

However, at the time the following references have been made, there is no plausible reason to believe the content indicated appears without the consent of any copyright holders ( express or through knowledgeable acquiescence ) on account of the very public and popular nature of these hosting sites and the very long unmolested tenure of the particular items at issue.

And this immemorial usage is binding upon all parties ; as it is in its nature an evidence of universal consent and acquiescence, and with reason supposes a real composition to have been formerly made.

It is also the ability to attract, and attraction often leads to acquiescence.

Even mutual agreements cannot override the constitutional scheme of things because jurisdiction is a matter of law and not of consent or acquiescence.

JDI ’ s work is based on the belief that sexual abuse in detention, whether committed by corrections staff or by other inmates with the acquiescence of staff, is a human rights violation and, in many cases, a form of torture.

Where conventional warfare is used to reduce an opponent's military capability, unconventional warfare is an attempt to achieve military victory through acquiescence, capitulation, or clandestine support for one side of an existing conflict.

However, it is evident that in controlling university admissions the regime knew how to ensure acquiescence on the part of most Czechoslovak citizens.

Covered therefore is a whole range of behaviour from a strong handshaken, written or verbal agreement to a supplier sending invoices with directions not to export to its retailer who gives " tacit acquiescence " to the conduct.

The concept is close in meaning to ' acquiescence ', derived from the Latin ' acquiēscere ' ( to find rest in ).

In international human rights law, a forced disappearance ( or enforced disappearance ) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.