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► Exercise 01 | page 100 ❶ There are several theories about why older people experience “long-term” time compression so much more acutely than young people. ❷ It has been observed, for example, that for a twenty- year-old, ten years is half a lifetime, but for a fifty-year-old, the same span represents just 20 percent of one’s life. ❸ As we age, a decade becomes an ever-smaller proportion of our..

► Exercise 01 | page 86 ❶ What do we want to hear when asking the question why John slammed the door? (B) ❷ Probably not that John put more than average energy into his act, giving the door more speed (which resulted in a heavy collision of the door with the doorpost, a loud noise and the lamp rocking back and forth). ❸ We normally are not interested in a report of the chain of causes and effect..

► Exercise 05 | page 72 ❶ Caregivers for the old do much more than simply perform tasks. ❷ They provide intellectual engagement, social interaction, and emotional support, key factors in long-term health and longevity. ❸ As society has grown more urban and as family homes have become less multigenerational, greater numbers of the elderly now live alone. ❹ This shift brings with it 1 diminished o..

► Exercise 01 | page 90 ❶ Because industrial robots are usually programmed to repeat precise manipulations, such as welding or paint spraying, their working environment is often carefully designed so that intricate sensory feedback is unnecessary — the robot performs its repetitive tasks in an accurate, efficient, but 1 essentially unintelligent way, without having to take much notice of the wor..

► Exercise 01 | page 66 ❶ While timber shares many characteristics with other living resources, it also has some unique aspects. ❷ Timber shares with many other living resources the characteristic 1 that it is both an output and a capital good. ❸ Trees, when harvested, provide a saleable commodity, but 2 leave standing they are a capital good, providing for increased growth the following year. ❹..

► Exercise 07 | page 48 ❶ We tend to think of specific vegetational or fuel types as all being more or less susceptible to fire. ❷ Yet what is also important is what makes up a particular vegetation or fuel complex. ❸ Take, for example, the northern boreal forests that are predominantly made up of large areas of coniferous trees. ❹ The burning history and susceptibility to fire has been found to..

► Exercise 01 | page 42 ❶ Because actions are carried out in all walks of life, they have useful things to say about virtually all that you do. ❷ Start with sports. ❸ Each year, millions of dollars are spent on methods for helping runners run faster, broad jumpers jump farther, pole vaulters vault higher, and so on. ❹ Sports have seen huge advances in the past century, with new records being set..

► Exercise 01 | page 6 ❶ It would be outrageous if three similar people, convicted of the same crime, received radically different penalties: probation for one, two years in jail for another, and ten years in jail for another. ❷ And yet that outrage can be found in many nations — not only in the distant past but also today. ❸ All over the world, judges have long had a great deal of discretion in..