Word: behaviorisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While some panelists at the event--which attracted a crowd of about 100--said television should mainly report on the disease, public health experts said the medium could do more to change the public's behavior...
...Television can only inform, it can't change behavior. We're doing as much as we responsibly can," said Matthew D. Margo, vice president of the program practices division...
...first week of school is a time for first-year students to adjust to the norms of behavior of their new home. For example, some newcomers may not view racist or homophobic slang terms as a big deal; they soon learn that the Harvard community does not tolerate such language...
Moreover, the steady U.S. pressure is having its effect. So is Noriega's behavior. Leaders throughout the hemisphere have made clear their disdain for the Panamanian regime. Following the sham elections in May, many countries withdrew their ambassadors from Panama, and they have yet to send them back. "Noriega is dividing the Latin community over what to do about him, but everyone is upset with the situation," says a Latin leader. "Even the Cubans don't want him there...
...Kathleen Nolan of the Hastings Center in Briarcliff, N.Y. Alluding to the disease's long incubation period -- frequently ten years or more -- she adds that "the vast majority of individuals who are seropositive or who have AIDS had never heard of the virus before they engaged in the behavior that resulted in their infection...