Word: behaviorisms
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...York Times reporter, defends that provocative thesis with evidence drawn from biology, archaeology and anthropology. Humans may be innately selfish, he argues, but early hunter-gatherers needed to subordinate self-interest to the will of the group in order to survive, and "the solution that evolved was religious behavior"--humankind's best organizing principle. Ritual chants and dances fostered kinship and inspired tribes to battle outside threats. As language developed, people ascribed their good fortune to the supernatural, and efforts to please a deity later kept order in nascent civil societies. As our ancestors learned to read, they wrote sacred...
...times for the UC," and that their "image is at stake." Beseeching the UC to "move forward" and certify the election, Flores said her recent investigation, conducted with Assistant Dean of Harvard College for Student Life Susan Marine and FAS IT specialists, has revealed that "there is no questionable behavior [in] the UC's voting system" and that this election was "fairly...
...can’t stop themselves from spending money at the mall, they should have to suffer the consequences, even if the shape those consequences might take is never entirely clear. That’s one theory. Another line of reasoning: Much of what governs people’s behavior when it comes to credit and debit cards are poorly designed rules, which allow things like overdraft services to systematically take advantage of people’s laziness or bad habits. Either way, the outcome is predatory. There is no other word to explain the fact that Americans carry...
...former Clark University philosophy professor argued that the modern feminist theory—espoused by many liberal college campuses—fails to acknowledge innate behavior differences in men and women during the discussion hosted by True Love Revolution, the student advocacy group for premarital abstinence...
...hope that I can inspire people to be dispassionate investigators in terms of analyzing the data as it bears on questions such as sex differences and behavior,” said Hooven of her goals for the event...