* The behavior in these dogs is generally unpredictable — if she is a mix of two breeds she could have
behavioral tendencies from both breeds * It is hard to judge how large she will be (unless you adopt an older dog) * Her family history (diseases in the family, etc.) will be unknown
Not exact matches
Applying what I've learned
from behavioral scientists such as B.J. Fogg, Daniel Kahneman and Charles Duhigg, I've found that by simply breaking habits down into their chain of actions, I can identify and target key moments to rewire
behavioral tendencies — for my users and hopefully for myself.
«There is a long
tendency of
behavioral interventions, ranging
from promoting healthy eating to reducing drug dependence, to appeal to willpower.
One in five teenagers had very weak academic skills and / or
behavioral tendencies not attractive to employers and therefore would not benefit much
from a high school diploma, at least given the then - prevalent «shopping mall» structure of most American public high schools.
From a
behavioral finance perspective, the outperformance of the value factor may have to do with a common decision - making mistake: people's
tendency to look at recent data trends and believe those trends will continue.
By doing so, we are better able to short - circuit our
behavioral tendencies and recognize that near - term performance is well within the range of reasonably expected deviations the vast majority of the time.7
From this perspective, we can conclude that investors are better off doing nothing much of the time, as opposed to doing something, assuming that we have positive priors for the strategies we are evaluating.8
Why, then, does it surprise us that other types of
behavioral tendencies can also be passed
from parents to offspring?
The report reviews research on the
behavioral element in every part of the climate problem —
from consumer habits to the human
tendency to give outsize importance to immediate costs even when confronted with evidence of big long - term risks.
Mindfulness is not a uni-dimensional construct; it consists of several
behavioral tendencies which include observing (attending to internal and external stimuli, such as emotions, sights, or sounds), describing (having the ability to label, define, and express thoughts toward present - moment experiences), acting with awareness (focusing attention on only one thing in the present - moment, whether this is a feeling, a sight, a sound, or any other internal or external cue), and withholding judgment (abstaining
from evaluating the present moment, particularly in a negative fashion).
Although we concur with some theorists that coping behaviors can be trait - like
behavioral tendencies (e.g., Endler & Parker, 1994), we also recognize the importance of conceptualizing support - seeking
from a «transactional» perspective (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).