Word: behaviorism
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...Graf's behavior raises a question. Her bizarre actions were well known by everyone in several commands. Since all officers must undergo a periodic evaluation of their performance by superiors, how did Graf continue to get top ratings? That question, it seems, must be asked of Graf's superiors...
While Graf's tactics are certainly not to be condoned, it's interesting how this behavior in males is so commonly overlooked...
...part to the RNC, it is duplicitous for Republicans to campaign on moral values while taking funds from a committee guilty of such exotic debauchery. And in the wake of the sex scandals of Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, it appears doubly hypocritical. This behavior does not exemplify the values of the Republican base...
While the Democratic Party is also guilty of similar behavior, including the Democratic National Committee’s own, milder profligacy and the groping scandal of former New York Congressman Eric Massa, the Democrats do not profess to be the vanguard of traditional values and fiscal responsibility. For their own good, therefore, Republicans ought to urge the RNC to remove Michael Steele and replace him with someone better able to exemplify the qualities they wish to sell to voters...
...extended-access rats also showed a lowered level of a certain type of dopamine receptor in the brain, which is thought to contribute to pleasure-seeking behavior in humans. "Human cocaine addicts, people who are obese, alcoholics and heroin addicts also show a down-regulation of this dopamine D2 receptor," says David Shertleff, director of the division of basic neuroscience and behavioral research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "This system is geared toward motivating behavior normally, but what's happening here is, with chronic exposure to highly fatty and sweet manufactured food, you're actually getting...