Romney's strategy was predicated on the idea that, as long as he appeared competent, all he had to do to win was be the not-Obama.
In the Goldstein case, Justice Carol Berkman of State Supreme Court in Manhattan has said she would allow Mr. Goldstein to stop taking his medication for as long as he appeared competent to stand trial.
After all, there is nothing like a sixty-seven-year-old person flinching after something is whipped at her head and then not understanding what happened to make her appear competent and authoritative.
As a doctor, I now see some redeeming features in Steve Hilton – he eats fruit and appears competent on a bicycle.
That calculation remains unconscious only if the state appears competent.
The moderates love the conspiracies because it makes them appear competent and powerful.
Critically, male voters were more likely to vote for male candidates only if they appeared competent [r (60) = 0.53, p<0.005] (see Figure 2, bottom right), whereas they were more likely to vote for female candidates if they appeared both attractive [r (46) = 0.78, p<0.0003] (see Figure 2, bottom left) and competent [r (46) = 0.72, p<0.03] (see Figure 2, bottom left).
However, as Aaltonen and Laakso (2010) conclude in their discussion of "exam halts," sometimes a behaviour that appears to expose the linguistic difficulties of an aphasic interlocutor can in fact be motivated by a conversation partner's wish to promote interactions where the person with aphasia appears competent.
She remembered the impression she'd had on the train, that he was a chameleon making himself up to fit into any circumstances — to please her, or so that he could appear competent and connected.
He just needs to appear competent, well-intentioned and reassuring.
Not only will it create a sense of loneliness for the individual midwife but midwives may seek to appear competent because they lack the trust and confidence to discuss their lack of competence with colleagues [ 18].
