Search results for "Human behavior" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • However, his understanding of the human mind was limited to the structure ... made him turn toward studies of animal behavior. During three years of postdoctoral ...
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  • children and for stimulating cooperative behavior without punishment or reward ... Their basic assumption was that human behavior is not predetermined ...
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  • examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, modern human beings. Cro-Magnons lived ... Theoretically, modern human behavior is taken to include four ingredient ...
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  • social psychology. McDougall believed human behavior to be based on three ... It was at Cambridge that McDougall became interested in human behavior ...
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  • What was important for a behaviorist analysis of human behavior was ... as an overly deterministic view of human behavior—by ignoring the internal ...
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  • tool in increasing our understanding of human behavior. ... a theory of predicting economic behavior. In 1944, they wrote Theory ...
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  • for the greatest advances in understanding human behavior. ... culture plays an important role in human behavior and warned scientists ...
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  • concerned with the study of animal behavior. Ethologists take a comparative ... The study of animal behavior touches upon the fact that people receive ...
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  • and anxiety provided the basis for modern behavior therapy. He developed the ... grounded in the belief that much of human behavior is learned, and as such ...
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  • drives that motivate and influence human behavior. Miller was one of Clark ... which according to Freud greatly influenced human behavior. ...
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  • The fluidity of the science of human origins is seen in the case of ... Category:Human evolution 107522420 ...
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  • the depth (the hidden or deeper aspects) of human experience. Although not ... of spiritual components underlying human behavior comes from the field ...
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  • of the most basic methods to alter human behavior, through operant reward ... could not be excluded from theories of human behavior and is not merely a consequence ...
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  • Philosophy of action is chiefly concerned with human action, intending ... Since action has ties to central human concerns such as responsibility ...
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  • a certain time period, based on innate human abilities. He maintained ... center in the U.S. for the study of child behavior. There he spent some of ...
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  • a unified framework for animal and human behavior based on principles of ... quot; and that the experiment shed light on human behavior: ...
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  • study of ethology should be applied to human behavior as well as animals. This ... study of ethology should be applied to human behavior as well as animals. This ...
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  • of the individual, Tarde analyzed human society, particularly human ... to better understand the social nature of human beings and thus to support ...
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  • laws, established to prevent monopolistic behavior, although they have been ... theories that would expound more on human behavior in economics. ...
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  • national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior, and crowd psychology. His ... time it did open new avenues of understanding human behavior. ...
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  • The Common Rule is a federal policy governing the protection of human ... including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department ...
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  • of intrinsic motivation in driving human behavior. Like Maslow's hierarchical ... Motivation and Self-determination in Human Behavior. New York, NY: Plenum ...
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  • Arson risks both property and human life, and as such is destructive ... rely on knowledge of the "behavior of fire," the basic ...
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  • his Homo Ludens and explained how diverse human cultural activities, from ... etc.) have viewed play as endemic to the human species. ...
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  • and historical context. He recognized that human motivation was crucial in ... of the belief that behind economic behavior lay solely egoism and hedonism ...
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  • on his findings. His work on nonverbal behavior transformed our understanding ... aspects of human life, such as happiness. Throughout his career, he ...
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  • work in the field of animal social behavior. Their work recognized that ... of Vienna, where his uncle taught human physiology. His uncle noticed ...
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  • of shared values and standards of behavior are essential to avoid such ... and regulations may appear to limit the behavior of individuals, a lack of ...
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  • a sexual signal. It does aid in their feeding behavior (as they sit in one spot and reach for all fruit in range, thereby reducing energy expenditure ...
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  • == Behavior == [[Image:Male silverback Gorilla.JPG|right|thumbnail ... *Beck, B. B. Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools ...
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  • Simon was exposed to the idea that human behavior could be studied scientifically ... The book addressed a wide range of human behavior, cognitive abilities ...
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  • Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities ... is sometimes described in terms of human behavior. The modern science of ...
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  • for the conduct of research involving human subjects; its issuance in ... Research with human subjects is an essential tool for advances in ...
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  • Association in 1942, and president of the Behavior Research Fund from 1931 ... he argued, a scientist can approach the human side of a person, understanding ...
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  • suggesting that patterns of cultural behavior developed based on essential ... that is, organized patterns of social behavior such as family system, gender ...
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  • on hypnosis, criminology, and sexual behavior. Krafft-Ebbing is famous ... Krafft-Ebing has written on criminal behavior, the medical perspectives ...
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  • people have commonly indulged in sexual behavior with members of both the ... as bisexual on the basis of their sexual behavior self-identify primarily ...
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  • as those not visible to the unaided human eye. Meiofauna. Meiofauna ... large enough to be seen with the unaided human eye," drawing a much ...
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  • to study the most significant of things--human beings. Kluckhohn's ... Kluckhohn's grand goal was to render the study of human behavior ...
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  • namely perception of their attributes and behavior and cognition to understand ... effect of personality and attitudes on human behavior). Fritz Heider also argued ...
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  • He did extensive research on animal behavior, but is perhaps best known ... objective approach to the analysis of behavior. In 1901, Watson married ...
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  • spider monkeys add greatly to the human enjoyment of nature. Ecologically ... attack posture. When a spider monkey sees a human coming near, it will bark ...
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  • emotional disturbance). Abnormal behavior expressed because of psychological ... The psychodynamic theory regards human behavior to be determined by ...
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  • who introduced and developed the field of human ecology. Park began his career ... and becoming an inductive science of human behavior. He introduced ...
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  • various behaviors, such as their unique mating behavior, add to the human fascination with nature. ==Description== As with all members of the ...
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  • mechanistic ideas on animals to human behavior. The book was burned ... machines could also be applied to human behavior. He also suggested that ...
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  • as a source of leather, and they add to the human wonder of nature. ... == Conservation and human interactions == Capybara are not on the IUCN ...
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  • (Ballenger and Myers 2001). The fact that human beings co-existed with the ... Rhinos suggest that they co-existed with human beings who likely hunted ...
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  • to the study of mental processes and behavior, that is the study of psychology ... physical models to explain animal and human behavior. Descartes, for example ...
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  • A portion of the work deals with human sexual behavior. The text ... by hand and corresponding moaning, virile behavior in women, superior coition ...
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  • or more specific subjects, or to change behavior by engendering specific ... out, play and joy are essential to all human activities. In the field ...
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  • The aardvark's unique appearance and behavior adds to the human wonder of nature. Aardvarks also provide ecological values, being considered ...
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  • general public's understanding of human behavior. For example, he is best ... in his time that attempted to explain human behavior entirely in terms of ...
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  • of individual psychology. He examined human development in the context ... Adler was a pioneer in creating a holistic view of human psychology ...
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  • Ernest Becker was an astute observer of human behavior and society ... of the social sciences. Becker saw human behavior as essentially unmeasurable ...
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  • Kinsey Institute. Kinsey's research on human sexuality profoundly influenced ... of even the most basic facts about human sexuality. Kinsey ultimately ...
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  • sought to uncover the secrets of human behavior by studying its development ... Charles Darwin proposed theories of human behavior that are the "direct ...
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  • ears, long tail, and highly social behavior. It is found in the central ... == Behavior, diet, and reproduction == [[Image:Fennec Fox @ Africa ...
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  • tongue in Burundi, ubuntu means 'human generosity' as well ... *“To be human is to affirm one's humanity by recognizing the ...
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  • was outstanding as a pioneer researcher of human nature and behavior using ... To his surprise, cowardly versus brave behavior on the part of dogs turned ...
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  • have frequencies that are detectable by the human ear. Scientists, however ... All waves exhibit certain types of behavior depending on the situation ...
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  • "Psychological altruism" refers to behavior that benefits ... is an empirical hypothesis about human behavior. It holds that every ...
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  • organisms. Whereas hormones affect the behavior and development of the individual ... substance directly influences human behavior. A few well-controlled ...
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  • KJV) to illustrate a dynamic conception of human, divine and cosmic cooperation: ... * Behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts ...
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  • and the diversity of cells (protozoa, human brain cell, ostrich egg, ... Chromosome behavior in animal (salamander) cells was later described ...
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  • The primary focus of this article is human behavior, which includes ... and interact with other organisms. Human behavior is affected by the environment ...
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  • notion, popularized by John Locke, that the human mind receives knowledge and ... utopian schemes that rely on changing human behavior to achieve their goals ...
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  • language shapes perception and influences behavior led him to research the ... shapes human perception and directs human behavior. From his view, understanding ...
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  • a research study temporarily change their behavior or performance (this can ... psychology and in organizational behavior, bringing awareness to the ...
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  • and summarized the whole development of human speculation: sensism, idealism ... the theory to explain all aspects of human behavior. A statistician may use ...
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  • day. He saw such attempts at understanding human learning as inadequate without ... the diversity and uniqueness of individual human beings, although he strove ...
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  • being and emphasized the importance of human relationships and emotion ... ===Dependency and interdependency of human existence=== ...
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  • including economics, organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, ... including economics, organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, ...
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  • that cause significant agricultural and human health problems—such as ... :**Astigmata - stored product, fur, feather, dust, and human itch ...
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  • but obsession with fire causing their behavior. Pyromania is distinct from ... an enormous role in the development of human civilization. However, control ...
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  • behaviorism and developed the view that the human needs for security, love ... contributions to the study of human behavior and motivation. ...
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  • for his pioneering work on the sociology of human migration with his studies ... Preliminary to any self-determined act of behavior there is always ...
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  • a good source of protein. However, for many human beings, one of the chief ... ==Habitat, diet, behavior, and reproduction== [[Image:Grasshopper ...
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  • == Characteristics, behavior and language == Adult orangutan males ... Wild orangutans are known to visit human-run facilities for orphaned ...
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  • Yerkes was a pioneer in the study of both human and primate intelligence ... they spent together is memorialized in Almost Human (1924). ...
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  • As with all crimes, the tendency of human beings to cause harm to ... * The overt behavior of an assault might be A advancing upon B by ...
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  • of bank liabilities. Commercial bank behavior, ultimately regulated by ... The money multiplier is jointly determined by the economic behavior ...
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  • of communication, which is not limited to human beings, or even all living ... can communicate with each other as well as human beings, and some are more ...
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  • many gull colonies display mobbing behavior, attacking and harassing ... * Alcock, J. 1998. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, sixth ...
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  • prayer-like posture and grooming behavior, add to the wonder of nature ... many species being aided in this later behavior by having brightly colored ...
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  • In such instances it may be helpful for human survival: we do not always ... Sociologists have termed prejudice an adaptive behavior. Biased views ...
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  • Anthozoans provide a number of values for human beings. Coral reefs are major tourist attractions and also provide a habitat for fish, mollusks ...
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  • and are not always directly connect to behavior. However, the generation ... in understanding and explaining human behavior in social situations. ...
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  • His seminal book The Organization of Behavior, published in 1949, established ... brain surgery mixed with his study of human behavior, it finally brought together ...
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  • these small balls of fluff add to the human wonder of nature, both through ... archeologist Donald Grayson cautioned that human activity and global climate ...
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  • For humans, their unique form, behavior, as well as colors and color ... self-defense. They also accidentally bite human fingers when being fed, because ...
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  • Rather, barracudas generally add value to human life as food and game fish ... There have been isolated cases where barracudas did bite a human, ...
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  • of higher primates (macaque, chimp, human) to close non-primates such as rodents. The 2x planned coverage will not be sufficient to create a ...
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  • *Suborder Endocoelantheae *Suborder Nyantheae *Suborder Protantheae *Suborder Ptychodacteae Sea anemones are flower-like, filter feeding, marine ...
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  • mistaken belief that they will crawl into a human ear and burrow into the brain ... crevices and as such one may crawl into a human ear canal, this is not a ...
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  • of ground-nesting birds. In urban sites, human food scraps are taken from ... strange clicks, wheezes, and almost human sounding notes. ...
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  • gibbons are now entirely dependent on human action for their survival. ... of the primates. American Journal of Human Genetics 64: 31–39. ...
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  • the macroscopic world as perceived by the human eye. This discipline has ... the application of physical knowledge for human purposes. In this sense, ...
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  • non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior, such as rape, sexual assault ... Sexual behavior is related to the very purpose of human existence: ...
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  • by Carl Rogers based on his theory of human personality. He believed ... Abraham Maslow referred to this process in human beings as "self-actualization ...
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