Word: behaviorisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rare to find a chatterbox among the Amish of Lancaster County, Pa. Rarer still is a flamboyant personality, a braggart, a show-off or, at the other extreme, someone who is deeply depressed or suicidal. In this community of quiet-spoken, humble pacifists, such behavior "really stands out against the social landscape," observes Medical Sociologist Janice Egeland, who has spent more than 25 years among the Old Order Amish, as the group is formally known. When it does occur, the Amish often have an explanation: "Siss im blut," they say; the peculiar behavior is "in the blood...
Researchers have long suspected that heredity plays a role in some if not all cases, and the Amish present an ideal setting in which to test that hypothesis. Not only does bipolar behavior contrast sharply with the community's quiet ways, making it easy to diagnose, but a number of confounding factors that might contribute to such behavior are absent: alcoholism, drug abuse, unemployment, divorce and violence are extremely rare. In addition, the Amish have large families (seven children on average) and keep genealogical records worthy of Mendel. Best of all, they represent a closed genetic pool...
Brown's Disciplinary Review Board is prosecuting the students, one of whom is Amy Carter, for behavior "unreasonably disruptive of the university community" and "behavior which can necessarily be expected to cause physical harm to persons or damage to property," according to a letter the board distributed to the accused students...
...think there's no excuse for this type of behavior. There's no such thing as a big joke in this situation," the official said after shutting down WJJX. PRINCETON...
...performers were on their best behavior, doing one or two tunes with eagerness and then getting off the stage to keep the show moving forward. Few bothered to promote upcoming concerts and few preached that we were very special to turn out in such great numbers for a charity affair...