Word: behaviorism
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...panic-stricken behavior makes perfect sense in light of the nation's recent history. Of all of the amazing growth stories in Asia's economic miracle, South Korea's is probably the most miraculous. In a mere generation, the country transformed itself from an impoverished backwater living on American aid to a globally competitive manufacturer of microchips, cars and flat-screen TVs. Any setback to that progress is taken with grave seriousness. During the 1997 crisis, office workers, too ashamed to tell their families they had lost their jobs, donned business suits each morning only to hide...
...There is little legitimacy to Russia’s justification for their behavior. I, for one, did not realize that they faced such a military threat from NATO and the European Union. Moreover, I sincerely doubt the Russians’ suspicion that the defense shield’s stated intention of intercepting missiles coming from the Middle East is simply a pretense to encroach upon their territory...
...felt the audience was fantastic, both in size and in quality,” Sunstein said. “The people asked great questions, and to see people engaged on issues of law and human behavior and social science was great...
...other cases, the rearrangement of food options in cafeterias and the practice of opting out of 401(k) plans have had “subtle, sometimes damaging, sometimes wonderfully beneficial effects on our behavior...
...might be purely coincidental, but it may also indicate a lazy desire to ignore the realities of hospitals and embrace a misleadingly optimistic view of healthcare. Were it simply watched as entertainment, I might not have a problem with “House,” but with patient behavior always a concern, I can’t help but think that the show might build ridiculous expectations for a system that is actually broken. Regardless, I’m going to miss Michael Crichton, his books, and “ER,” and I wonder...