Word: behaviorism
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...Given the explosive behavior aroused by the administrative rigidity of the past, Epps says, administrators have learned to be more flexible and understanding...
...after Harvard overhauled its approach to therapy and treatment. The survey results could help to clear “misperceptions” regarding mental health at Harvard, says the College’s mental health chief, Paul J. Barreira. “There’s a discrepancy between behavior and perception,” says Barreira, adding that students often mistakenly believe that mental illness is abnormal. The poll also reveals a gender gap in mental health matters. Exactly one-third of men sought mental health help while at Harvard, compared to 43 percent of women. But that...
...stature as a scholar of democratic participation and mass political behavior is no smaller...
...facts, thereby elevating currently debased discussions, too many people respond simply by dragging the debate down further. Worse than insulting their opponents, these protestors react by not even allowing the other side to speak. They simply attempt to shout over any opponent. The most recent example of such behavior was the harassment of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III at an Institute of Politics Forum in April. Four students began shouting at Mueller about a minute into his talk and continued yelling until they were arrested. This protest did nothing to generate any type of debate. I cannot think...
...addition, Bok wrote that Harvard’s holdings in these firms was too small to have any sway over the behavior of the firms’ executives, and that using the school’s funds to make a political statement endangered the intellectual freedom of the University...