Sentences with phrase «as the behavior of»

I have described what I have observed as the behavior of Christians in their encounter with Buddhists.

Morality is understood as the behavior of the individual and limited in its definition largely to personal morality in such issues as sexual attitudes and conduct, honesty and integrity of intentions, and fidelity in relation to one's marital commitments.

The rescue of memories, which changed both the structure of neurons as well as the behavior of mice, was achieved using optogenetics, a method for manipulating genetically tagged cells with precise bursts of light.

I'd be especially interested in hearing what you believe an increased role of natural variability in the 20th century record implies about climate sensitivity as well as the behavior of the anthropogenic signal «beneath» it.

If attachment was operationalized exclusively as behavior of the parent towards the child (e.g., parental supervision) the study was not selected.

Therefore, it could be assumed that behaviors demonstrated in these budding relationships could be as indicative of relationship success as behaviors of more mature relationships.

Not exact matches

As New York launches an investigation of The Weinstein Company, one of Harvey Weinstein's former assistants has broken her non-disclosure agreement to discuss his behavior.

For example, as Taya Cohen, Ph.D., an assistant professor of organizational behavior and theory at Carnegie Mellon University, told New Scientist, people who score low on the Honesty - Humility factor might be more likely to cheat on their time sheets or steal office supplies.

... As a nation, we have been trained to look past the bad behavior of our rudest guests, especially the uninvited ones, and rather than cause a scene, we shall just go about our daily business as if nothing has happeneAs a nation, we have been trained to look past the bad behavior of our rudest guests, especially the uninvited ones, and rather than cause a scene, we shall just go about our daily business as if nothing has happeneas if nothing has happened.

Members of the Trump administration walked out of the White House Correspondents» Dinner Saturday night during a performance by standup comic Michelle Wolf, who attacked the administration's relationship to the truth as well as the past behavior of the president, who did not attend the event for the second year in a row.

As TV - viewing behavior becomes increasingly fragmented, thanks to cord cutting and the rise of mobile, figuring out who watches your programs and when has gotten increasingly difficult for broadcasters.

According to Turkish dissidents, social media and external sources such as VICE are even more important than they would be elsewhere because local media outlets are unwilling to report on corruption or the behavior of Turkish police and armed forces.

That case involved a newspaper ad that was intended to raise funds for Martin Luther King Jr., and mentioned the behavior of the Alabama police department, as well as other state authorities.

Luskin's writing was influenced by one of the most cited academic studies on whistleblowers, a 1985 academic report by researchers at the Ohio State University, who conluded that «that whistleblowing is appropriately viewed as «prosocial» behavior, that is behavior that involves both egoistic and altruistic motives.»

Thankfully, the plasticity of the brain allows it to mold and change as you practice new behaviors, even when you fail.

«Many experts are pointing to the South China Sea dispute as the eventual outcome to China's Arctic involvement, but the strategic value of the Arctic simply does not make sense for China to engage in confrontational behavior,» Zhang said.

«It's an interesting demonstration of the ways in which apps and social media platforms both reflect and are sensitive to cultural change and serve as a cultural barometer but can also codify what is acceptable behavior,» she said.

It probably won't change the behavior or attitude of that one person, as it's almost impossible to turn a crazy lemon into lemonade; the fruit is already rotten.

As your brain reinforces the use of these new behaviors, the connections supporting old, destructive behaviors die off.

As Cialdini writes, «A well - known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason.

To the Fed's credit, the majority of FOMC members in January 2008 based their policy decisions on the mounting dysfunctional behavior of the financial markets rather than ephemeral coincident indicators such as real GDP growth.

With Fitbit, Park is partnering with a host of companies and his gadget company is increasingly embedded in the traditional health care sector as it works with insurers, medical device companies, and employers to try to figure out how to motivate and engage individuals in behaviors that can help manage chronic conditions as well as general wellness.

I've written before that I don't think of diet, exercise, and behavior as preventing cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Among those that Moody's rates, there were nine defaults in the first quarter, an «all - time high,» as Moody's put it, «reflecting the fallout of changing consumer behavior and advancing e-commerce for traditional brick - and - mortar retail.»

Think of these behaviors as red flags.

Drone strikes can also reduce perceptions of the United States as a bully whose military behavior may increase radicalization.

As the business landscape is changing more and more rapidly — particularly due to the impact of new tech on customers expectations and staff behavior — being responsive requires a certain level of flexibility and vision from your employees.

The Raging Bull argument highlighted growth drivers such as the energy sector's expansion, US manufacturing competitiveness, the explosive penetration of IT mobility and a housing rebound, combined with some positive demographic shifts for baby boom echo savers and more fiscally responsible behavior out of politicians.»

Moreover, some point out that the reason brands don't show Williams enough love is that she is edgy, opinionated, speaks out, behaves as she wishes, and in general does not walk on eggshells — not the type of behavior that most cautious, anxious brands prefer.

As psychotherapist Amy Morin told Business Insider, mentally strong people are acutely aware of how their emotions influence their thoughts and behaviors, and they monitor the fluctuations in their emotions throughout the day.

«In one of our studies we found that people rated masculine risk - taking behaviors as more risky than feminine risk - taking behaviors, even when they were matched for how risky they were,» she says.

It also prompted some of the worst behavior on the part of investment bankers and stock analysts, who chose profits over ethics as the market expanded.

But maintaining the behaviors that send those signals, such as answering questions without hesitation, gets increasingly hard as cognitive fatigue creeps in over the course of a shift; to excel, workers need something stronger than a cup of coffee.

A couple of years ago, the practice of showrooming — where shoppings would look at an item in a store then purchase it online — was on an alarming rise, with 50 percent of online purchases in 2012 occurring as a result of this behavior.

Especially since the recent behavior of Japan's key financial market variables (stock indices, the yield curve and the yen's exchange rate) could be seen as a sign of support for reflationary policies.

As Fain points out, «The ability to more fully describe and understand a consumer's behavior is more complete than ever before, and that kind of data will make AI marketing tools even more effective over the next few years.»

Some of the educational material applies to all dementia sufferers — for example, how to approach a patient displaying unexpected behavior such as brushing her teeth with a hairbrush.

In a New Yorker report, Arianna Huffington, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, calls on companies to reassess their values: «This includes rejecting the cult of the top performer, which tolerates otherwise unacceptable behavior, and instead building a culture that functions as the company's immune system: surfacing cases of abuse and identifying toxic elements as fast as possible, and then quickly rejecting them.»

It asks those taking it to rate how likely it is that they would engage in a list of risky behaviors, such as wagering a day's income on a high - stakes poker game, choosing a ski run that's beyond their abilities, or driving without a seatbelt.

That's why I strongly caution marketers to step outside of their channel boxes and approach mobile marketing more as a behavior.

Defining levels of bad behavior is important, because we shouldn't lump sexual assault in the same bucket as a sexist remark, she writes:

As Stulberg tells Science of Us, behavior scientist K. Anders Ericsson discovered in the 1990's that what separates great performers — musicians, artists, chess players, even physicians — from everyone else was not that they practiced more than their peers.

With no current plans to accept Apple Pay (though down the line it, and other mobile wallets, could well be a payment option within Walmart Pay), and no set launch date for MCX (never mind that as the product of consortium, that mobile app will not be set up to meet Walmart's specific needs), Walmart could wait no longer without risking missing out on a major shift in customer behavior.

The philosophy of stoicism, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, asserts that virtues (such as wisdom) should be based on behavior, rather than words.

As a Boston Consulting Group publication reported, «Grocery retailer Tesco has worked with its Dunnhumby business unit to build a big - data business that analyzes millions of customer transactions and sells the resulting insights about shopping behavior (but not customer - level data) to major manufacturers, including Unilever, Nestlé, and Heinz.»

For instance, altering product pricing and promotional offers, images on landing and product pages, or the amount of text on a page to make an experience as relevant to a user has possible.The added relevance can intrigue visitors to stay on your site longer, but the big engagement increases come from altering your offerings based on each user's behavior on your site.

I think of Challenges as self - directed projects to change my behavior or spark some personal growth or development I'm clear that I'd like to have.

So as far as your limbic system — the part of your brain that reinforces social behavior — is concerned, mission accomplished.

It's unclear whether vendors view changes in buying behavior as the elephant in the room (not to be discussed) or are aware of the shift but have concluded nothing can be done.

BuzzFeed, another New York - based media startup now worth an estimated $ 1.5 billion as a result of investments from NBCUniversal and others, also spends a good chunk of time observing data on user behavior.