Word: behaviorisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frequently advanced -- and hotly disputed -- theory is that aggression is a biologically rooted impulse of young males. Some experts suggest that there may be a genetic component to hostile behavior; others attempt to tie it to levels of different chemicals that circulate through the body and brain. One of them is testosterone. Production of this male sex hormone rises dramatically during puberty, a period usually marked by intense sexual desire and strong aggressive tendencies. Some studies indicate that particularly rough athletes or violent prisoners have higher than normal testosterone levels...
Martin sent the entire school a note to "indicate that that kind of behavior was not anything that we would tolerate in this community...
This reprehensible behavior must stop. The administration must listen to dissenting voices if the Board is ever to assume its proper role as an active voice for the alumni of Harvard, a role that would contribute to a more open and more wisely run University...
...live together peacably. Outrage flared in March when Cambridge police pulled two Black students off a University shuttle bus, searched them and left them on the curb without explanation. Police said they mistook the pair for a white suspect in a nearby convenience store robbery and defended the officers' behavior as "proper and professional...
...Arts and Sciences registration packets appeared a pamphlet entitled, "Working Toward a Community of Equals." In response to requests by gay and lesbian students, the office of coeducation published the University's explicit policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and included resources and tips on "insensitive" behavior. Six houses, at the requests of their masters, named tutors for bisexual, gay and lesbian issues...