Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enormous role in socialization on predominantly-Black campuses. However Lee gave an inaccurate view of Greek life. He portrayed the head of the Gamma Fraternity, Julian Eaves, as a sadistic, egotistical creep. The sheer pain that Eaves put his pledges through may happen on an isolated basis, but this behavior would not be condoned by any national chapter of a Greek organization...
...complicated situation, political or personal, blame is the easiest response. Finding and pointing out contemptible behavior in the past is simple--but do not mistake this for constructive analysis of a situation toward its solution. Sometimes one has to forego criticism, even legitimate criticism, when its goal is not to repair but to hurt, to attack, to "have been right so now I can punish you." Outrage at the behavior of many Israeli soldiers does not by itself translate into a political program. And it is not responsible for a journalist or even a movie director to assuage...
Even so, Wall Street was stunned by the strange behavior that landed Mulheren in jail on Feb. 18. Alerted by his wife that he was acting irrationally, police stopped him as he drove from his Rumson mansion and arrested him for carrying a semiautomatic rifle. The police said Mulheren, who has been treated for manic depression, seemed intent on killing Boesky and Boesky's former head trader, Michael Davidoff. Mulheren apparently thought they were linking him to the insider-trading scandal...
...management training school. Known as a "hell camp" for salespeople and managers, the school requires students to sing a "sales crow" song -- so named because the singers are supposed to sound like cawing crows -- in a public place to break down their inhibitions. The curriculum includes memorizing rules of behavior, constant oral testing on classroom work, writing speeches and delivering them in stentorian tones, along with a 25-mile hike and other strenuous physical exercise...
...Essentially our research tells us [smoking] is becoming lower class behavior. Blue collar people smoke more than white collar," says Schelling, who received his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard...