Priming A Primer

Very often, you do hear about a primer. So, what is it then to prime? Is it to introduce? How did Priming come about? Early in the morning at a cafe, the waitress brings a hot cup of coffee to you. How will you feel? What is your emotional state? Ready to sip into some pick-me-up? You are going to have a presentation later. All will be good. Suddenly, someone spills a cold cup of iced water over you. That will be shocking! Does that frustrate the hell out of you? Depending on your state, you probably will be fuming right now or just brush it off. Then what if next at this moment, you realize an unpleasant odor coming from your shirt. What is in that iced water? What is this smell?! Are the senses related to Priming? Oh no, you just find out you are running late so you rush to your workplace to see your boss waiting for you. You greet him uneasily, entering a room of 20 people bearing down on you. How do you think you will fare? Disaster? Yes or...No? This book introduces you to Priming.

Very often, you do hear about a primer. So, what is it then to prime? Is it to introduce? How did Priming come about? Early in the morning at a cafe, the waitress brings a hot cup of coffee to you. How will you feel? What is your emotional state? Ready to sip into some pick-me-up? You are going to have a presentation later. All will be good. Suddenly, someone spills a cold cup of iced water over you. That will be shocking! Does that frustrate the hell out of you? Depending on your state, you probably will be fuming right now or just brush it off. Then what if next at this moment, you realize an unpleasant odor coming from your shirt. What is in that iced water? What is this smell?! Are the senses related to Priming? Oh no, you just find out you are running late so you rush to your workplace to see your boss waiting for you. You greet him uneasily, entering a room of 20 people bearing down on you. How do you think you will fare? Disaster? Yes or...No? This book introduces you to Priming.

E-Prime, the software suite of Psychology Software Tools, is used worldwide for designing and running custom psychology experiments. Aimed at students and researchers alike, this timely volume provides a much needed, down-to-earth introduction into the wide range of experiments that can be set up using E-Prime. Many tutorials are provided to introduce the beginner and reacquaint the experienced researcher with constructing experiments typical for the broad field of psychological and cognitive science. Apart from explaining the basic structure of E-Prime and describing how it suits daily scientific practice, this book also gently introduces programming via E-Prime's own language: E-Basic. The authors guide the readers through the software step by step, from an elementary level to an advanced level, enabling them to benefit from the enormous possibilities E-Prime provides for experimental design.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

R. A. Steindler was researching a book about guns when he realized that many gun terms were used differently by various writers and sometimes included conflicting definitions, errors, and misconceptions. To fill an obvious need for one consistent authority on the language of guns, he created this comprehensive classic reference. Going beyond the simple definition, the book explains each term fully and puts it into context with any related terms, and the definitions are supplemented with 200 photographs, illustrations, and charts to help clarify technical details.