Word: behavior
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...interesting thought, and one that the Class of 1967 may seize upon. In an open letter last week to Faust, 13 members of that class expressed their disappointment at “the apparently docile political behavior of the undergraduate student body...
...Feline-ality assessments to match prospective pet owners with just the right dog or cat. The quizzes have been so successful that euthanasia rates have been cut by 40%. "It really all comes down to matching," says Emily Weiss, an animal behaviorist and the Senior Director of Shelter Behavior Programs for the ASPCA, who devised the assessments when she worked at the Kansas Humane Society. "If I'm looking for a partner, be it a dog or cat or human, there are certain things I'm attracted to and there are things that I really don't want...
...Weiss developed the assessments by studying the behavior of dogs on loan from homes to the Kansas Humane Society for 72 hours. Her staff watched the animals and then asked owners which behaviors were typical of the pets at home. The behaviors considered atypical were eliminated, and only lists of behavior categories matching an animal's personality in both stressed and non-stressed situations were included...
...what is currently happening in the West. As human beings, we have the capacity to think, reason, elevate our minds and arrive at a rational decision without laying blame at anyone else's door. Immorality is not endemic. We have the choice of being upright or engaging in forbidden behavior. Maria Jacob, Mississauga, Canada...
...thesis was inspired by an economic theory that proposes the ability to behave altruistically or spitefully benefits an individual in the long term. Consideration of inequalities in rewards is common among humans, but Foreman’s question is whether perceived inequality could make tamarins engage in spiteful behavior, sacrificing a small reward in order to deny another monkey a larger...