Word: behavior
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...psychological insight and methodology to bypass parents and influence the behavior of children is a crisis for the profession of psychology," the letter states...
...function of a professional association is to set voluntary standards of ethical behavior," he says...
Students in Science B-29: Human Behavioral Biology read about Pinker's research in the course sourcebook. His findings about the development of language and behavior are seen as revolutionary advances in the fields...
...Amoco is one of a growing number of U.S. and European companies that have begun issuing annual reports that describe not only their financial performance but also details about their environmental and social or ethical behavior. This so-called triple-bottom-line exercise in corporate citizenship is based on the belief that companies owe stakeholders--customers, employees, activist groups, the public--an annual warts-and-all airing of their environmental and societal records, just like the flow of financial data they must provide to shareholders. But since environmental or ethical misdeeds can lead to profit-hammering headlines, the extra information...
BRAT PACK Hang in there, parents. That naughty child of yours may turn into an angel--eventually. A study of more than 1,000 inner-city boys concludes that there's a nearly 90% chance that young boys who bully or engage in other aggressive behavior will grow out of it by late adolescence. Moreover, contrary to the worries of many Ritalin-weary moms and dads, boys who are hyperactive but not particularly aggressive aren't likely to become violent later in life...