The Two Faces of Persistence: How Harmonious and Obsessive . . . Persistence is generally viewed a unitary construct measuring the extent towhich people pursue a goal often in the face of adversity Here, we propose two different forms of persistence, rigid and flexible, that take origins in different determinants and lead to different activity and life outcomes
How to Increase Persistence - Center for Teaching and Learning Persistent students persevere through difficulty by redirecting focus on making action plans They look at all resources available (instructor office hours, The Writing Center, The Learning Center, peers, etc ) and take advantage of those that fit their schedule
Understanding Persistence - Yale Department of Economics Starting with spatial trends, nobody wants their persistence regression to be merely a roundabout way of saying something to the effect that rich countries tend to be richer than poor countries
Six Drivers of Persistence Adults’ sense of competence and self-efficacy (beliefs about one’s ability to perform in a specific area – cooking, math, languages, etc ) can have a profound effect on their persistence and achievement
Persistence as a Reliable Measure of Medication Adherence . . . Persistence, defined as the duration of time a patient continues to take a prescribed medication without discontinuation, is increasingly recognized as a critical indicator of medication adherence
Object Persistence in Philosophy and Psychology O object persistence in perception and cognition This empirical work has not only explored the factors that determine when we experience objects as persisting (or not), but has also demonstrated that computations of object persistence are critical for understanding many other processes such as visual memory (e g Cheries et al , 2006; Flombaum