When based on expectations about one's own time and leisure, choosing to practice sports appears to reveal deep psychological patterns that affect social interaction and personal self-estimation.
"He didn't just carry out a policy, he confronted and changed an entire culture" based on expectations of rising prices, said Candido Mendes, one of Brazil's leading social scientists.
With so much of the stock market's volatility based on expectations (emotions) rather than business (economics), what else could we expect?
QUESTION FROM KEVIN: Obama couldn't lose, and Romney couldn't win based on expectations.
Equitable scorecards measure performance based on expectations, eliminating the engagement-killing notion that people are quantified by decontextualized, inhumane numbers.
He said he had seen plans for future improvements, all based on expectations that the money would never stop flowing.
John Maynard Keynes said investment was based on expectations that are "subject to sudden and violent changes".
Private households are spending lots of money now based on expectations of future earnings and a continuing run-up in stock prices, the report says.
Their confidence is based on expectations that Japan's exporters will continue to find buyers for their products in markets like the United States and China.
When oil prices crashed in 2009, the government's fiscal situation was precarious as it had already committed to infrastructure projects based on expectations of high prices.
They pay into the system based on expectations of how drought will disrupt their harvests, and if rainfall dips below predetermined levels they're paid.
