Even though our pet dogs lead comparatively protected lives with little to fear from their environment, they have inherited this hard - wired
behavior pattern from their more cautious ancestors.
In fact... I see your continued assault against David to be more of this very troubling
behavior pattern from you.
As for the enemies they are primarily made up of robots which come in just a few flavors, each only differing in how much damage they can take and slightly altered
behavior patterns from the extremely basic AI that offers minimal challenge.
Not exact matches
TORONTO, April 23 - Foreign ministers
from Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Monday united to condemn Russia for what they called «a
pattern of irresponsible and destabilizing»
behavior and urged Moscow to help resolve the conflict in Syria.
If one suffers
from severe anxiety, cognitive
behavior therapy can be helpful in changing one's thought
patterns and how he or she reacts to anxiety - provoking stimuli.
Systems science is an interdisciplinary field that studies how the interaction of factors produces outcomes — how the causes and consequences of events can, taken together, form the basis for everything
from a disease epidemic, to a
pattern of human
behavior.
«What's been frustrating for us in this enquiry is a
pattern of
behavior from the company — an unwillingness to engage, and a desire to hold onto information and not disclose it,» said Collins, returning to the theme at another stage of the hearing — and also accusing Facebook of not providing it with «straight answers» in Washington.
Last week Schroepfer was on the sharp end of lots of awkward questions
from visibly outraged committee members, with Collins pointing to what he dubbed a «
pattern of
behavior» by Facebook that he said suggested an «unwillingness to engage, and a desire to hold onto information and not disclose it».
In issue 22 I moved on to the «Strange
Behavior of Gold Investors
from Monday to Thursday», which was followed by an examination of the associated
pattern in silver a week later.
The important point for Schwartz here is not simply that modified thoughts and
behaviors permanently altered
patterns of brain activity, but that such modifications resulted
from, as he calls it, «mindful attention» — conscious and purposive thoughts or actions in which the agent adopts the stance of a detached observer.
The Enlightenment belief that logical thinking and education alone, without any consideration of other factors apart
from ignorance such as the survival instinct and clinical cognitive dysfunction in the formation of
behavior patterns, can solve all of our individual and social ills is the fundamental heresy of the Enlightenment philosophy.
Definite
patterns of structure and
behavior emerge
from the mutual influence thereby restricting the larger range of activity to a narrower ensemble compatible with the established interactions.
What is most distinctive about us as an animal species is that all of our vital functions have been qualified and transformed by
patterns of
behavior we have learned
from the culture into which we were born.
Ensuing generations learned the new
pattern of
behavior, which spread
from England to the tits of continental Europe.
The traditionalists, the nativists, argue that the danger has come
from the failure of the people to adhere more strictly to the old beliefs, and the old values, and the old
behavior patterns.
The «work» of separating oneself
from one's parents and the
patterns of
behavior and values of one's childhood home; of breaking up and putting together anew the pieces of one's personality; of questioning, rebelling, hungrily exploring the world's cafeteria of ideas and
behaviors; of finding emotional and physical companionship with peers; of ultimately finding a direction and a purpose in life — all this has not changed.
But recent analyses of the nuclear threat have also examined how it arises
from longstanding
patterns of human
behavior.
I believe that they derive
from evolutionary
patterns of
behavior, and there are quite a few papers written on the subject detailing equivalent
behaviors among other species to support this assertion.
They give Americans their peculiar folkways and mores, their public
behavior and private opinions, the
patterns of their social skills and know - how about everything,
from building a family fallout shelter to performing the latest dance step.
As Justin investigated these testimonies further, he learned that most followed a
pattern in which the gay man developed attractions to men during puberty, acted on those feelings at some point (usually destructively, with anonymous sex, drugs, and other addictions), found that life to be unfulfilling, reconnected with Jesus, and walked away
from their past
behaviors.
She asks if Chaput intends his phrase «
patterns of
behavior that separate...
from God» as a description of people like her.
To describe any complex event or
pattern of
behavior as guided by a single purpose is always to abstract radically
from the concrete course of events.
The idea that modern
behavior patterns are immoral emerges directly
from the fundamentalist reading of the Scriptures.
From this point of view, we can see how personal identity consists primarily of habitual
patterns of
behavior and, tightly related to this, self - knowledge is concerned with both perceptual, behavioral spontaneity as well as bodily habits.
But if we are to find a religious system which can not be outdated or outgrown,
from which the acids of modernity can only remove accretions and encrustations, a religion which properly practiced produces the highest forms of human
behavior, and offers both supernatural
pattern and spiritual power beyond human endeavor, then I believe we shall have to take a fresh look at Christianity.
Rather than thinking of culture as something implicit or taken for granted — as something about latent normative
patterns that can be inferred only
from observing regularities in social
behavior — the new cultural sociology regards culture as something tangible, explicit, and overtly produced.
«14 Miller's polytheism springs
from a psychology in which a number of mythological figures populate a collective unconscious that
patterns the
behavior of both individuals and their societies.
In school, a highly sensitive stress - response system constantly on the lookout for threats can produce
patterns of
behavior that are self - defeating: fighting, talking back, acting up in class, and also, more subtly, going through each day perpetually wary of connection with peers and resistant to outreach
from teachers and other adults.
It's more that we internalize messages,
patterns and
behaviors from our parents and if we don't understand what those are — keeping what we like and discarding what what we don't — then we are pretty much doomed to repeat them in our relationships.
A few weeks after my trip to Queens, I visited the Stress Neurobiology and Prevention lab at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where a team of researchers led by Phil Fisher, a psychologist, has developed a series of interventions with parents that in many ways parallel the ABC program, though with one major difference: They use digital video as a teaching tool to help steer parents away
from behaviors that cause fear and stress in children and toward
patterns that promote attachment and self - regulation.
Each of us brings some bad stuff to the marital table, thanks to the
patterns and
behaviors we learned
from our family of origin — meaning our parents.
Unless you delve deep into the
behaviors and
patterns you learned
from your family of origin so you can understand the bad stuff you brought into your first marriage, you'll just bring it into the next one.
It's generally accepted that children learn both good and dysfunctional
patterns and
behaviors from their parents.
If your child describes a
pattern of disrespectful and mean
behavior from other students, of any physical violence, or bullying
from other students, you should bring the issue up to the school principal so that the safety and well - being of children can be improved.
Social initiation, social imitation,
behavior patterns, social interactions, ability to make transitions
from one play activity to another.
According to Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., psychiatrist and leading expert on trauma and how it affects the brain, as many as 80 % of abused and neglected infants and children develop disorganized / disoriented attachment relationships, which are expressed as unpredictable approach and avoidance
patterns towards mother, the inability to accept comfort
from caregivers, rage at attachment figures, and pathological self - regulatory
behaviors.
Unless you look into the
behaviors and
patterns you learned
from your family of origin so you can understand the bad stuff you brought into your first marriage — and we all do that — you'll just bring it into the next one.
Trust that both child and caregiver can change learned
patterns of
behavior from negative to positive responses.
GFI has provoked unprecedented public censure
from Christian leaders because, although it is not a cult, it has consistently exhibited a
pattern of cultic
behavior, including Scripture twisting, authoritarianism, exclusivism, isolationism, and physical and emotional endangerment.
It differs
from Interpersonal Therapy in that it focuses on teaching you new
behaviors to deal with negative thinking
patterns and adapt to your new mommy status.
Understand your own
behavior and
patterns, and then ask yourself what you want
from a romantic relationship and whether marriage is the only way to get it.
Some of the
patterns and
behaviors you learned
from them may creep into your marital life.
The people you will go seek help
from first are usually the people who know the least about breastfeeding, normal sleep
patterns and eating
behaviors of breastfed children.
Here's the framework I use: for me, «viral» is almost anthropological, describing a
pattern of
behavior — the spreading of information
from one person to another through their social connections.
«All we've seen here with Congress member Weiner is really a
pattern of reckless
behavior, an immaturity and a real disconnect
from the truth,» said Quinn, who would not go so far as to call on Weiner to drop out of the race.
Miles served as district manager for CB9 for 22 years until Tuesday night when the board voted to remove her
from the position, citing «a longstanding
pattern of misconduct» and «unprofessional
behavior,» it said in a letter of removal.
«Addiction is a continuum
from the very first time you try these things to the point where it starts to become a
pattern of
behaviors.
Patterns of parental care and productivity of different combinations of male - female pairs
from the same or different selection lines were then examined to see whether selection on mating
behavior led to a correlated, co-evolutionary response in parental care
behavior.
Barnard and his team predicted how SoCal's shores would evolve
from 2010 through 2100 by modeling the factors that influence beaches — estimates for sea level rise as well as wave and storm
behavior and predicted climate change
patterns if the world eventually stabilizes its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, then starts reducing them.
A team of researchers
from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, led by Sonja Bisch - Knaden, has investigated whether neural activity
patterns linked to either feeding or egg - laying
behavior can already be observed in the antennal lobe, which is the first processing level of scents in the insect brain.