Sentences with phrase «by their behavior rather»

If one were to assess sexual orientation by behavior rather than biology, one would be more inclined to Freud's view that our sexuality is polymorphous: heterosexual and homosexual and what all, through a fascinating range of fact and fantasy.

I think it's much more effective to judge your child by their behavior rather than by their opinions, thoughts or ideas.

The humane society hopes the change will encourage people to judge a dog by its behavior rather than its breed label.

Not exact matches

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.

By setting actionable goals that move you forward, you move toward your goals rather than simply stopping behaviors that leave you at a standstill.

That was followed in 2012 by Victoria newspaper publisher David Black's much more ambitious but somewhat speculative Kitimat Clean project, consisting of a $ 25 - billion oil refinery in the northern town that would create jobs and taxes in B.C. while ensuring that the exports were of finished products rather than the diluted bitumen from the oilsands whose behavior in the case of a marine spill is virtually unknown.

Most of these behaviors are driven by investors trying to be above average rather than tailoring their securities holdings to their own personal goals and being happy with the results.

Scaling becomes possible because participants will monitor the chains they are economically impacted by, rather than every chain; one watches the chain wherein they wish to reinforce proper behavior and punish malicious actors.

We often read in the press rather alarming stories about the rise of an ugly and belligerent nationalism in China, but while these stories are certainly very real, after the November 13 bombings in Paris I was struck by a very different kind of Chinese behavior.

The fall in the number of births to immigrant women is explained by behavior (falling birth rates), rather than population composition (change in the number of women of childbearing age), according to a Pew Research analysis.

Remember that it's not necessarily «extroversion» as defined by Myers - Briggs (a scale between extroverted and introverted) but rather a measure of your ability to engage in extrovert type behavior.

Labels given by science only justify adult behavior without Jesus rather than the adult taking responsibility of their behavior.

Labels given by science only justify poor adult behavior without Jesus rather than the adult taking responsibility of their own behavior.

It's just another lie perpetuated by christians, rather like Darwin's deathbed refutation of evolution, or the lies about Pat Tillman's behavior before his death in Iraq.

844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator.

Rational - Emotive Therapy (RET) is a cognitive therapy (rather than a behavior therapy) created by psychologist Albert Ellis.

What a child needs, rather, is «a moral education which subtly, and by implication only, conveys to him the advantages of moral behavior...» (p 10).

Accompanied — almost drowned out — by the kids» rock band, the words point out the practical value of the recommended behavior, rather than exhorting.

I have seen a lot of bad behavior from christians, (or those claiming to be) I was also incredibly surprised to find so many nonchristians, whether they be from varying religions, or agnostics and atheists, to have good behavior, and even exhibit «fruit of the spirit», what I once considered to be a way to test the faith, or rather character of a christian, (they will know them by their fruit).

Some evolutionary social scientists refer to our species as «the moral animal,» which I suppose means that we have the potential to reflect on the affects of our behavior rather than simply be blindly driven by survivalist insticts.

When neurosis is viewed as the product of the impossible demands made on the individual by an overdeveloped conscience, therapy may be directed not toward helping the patient live up to his or her conscience, but rather toward bringing down the conscience to the level of behavior.

So, rather than using words long in the presence of degradation to judge this act... this behavior, I would suggest seeking that which can not be read and only felt — the spirit - to judge it by.

This isn't an attack on His sovereignty by any means, but rather an observation I've come to based on the behavior and statements regarding God.

Rather, it is a momentary and sporadic «possession» by unseen powers, induced by primitive group dynamics, and expressed in ecstatic behavior.

«Recent behavior by ISIS represents the opinions of a group of extremists rather than the Arab street.»

Realization of the importance of reinforcing appropriate supportive behavior by viewers has also led the broadcasters to encourage formation of an interactive relationship between viewers and themselves rather than attempting to direct them to a local church.

What we are being provided with is a general caricature of this social class which is a statistical fact rather than an inviolable law On the whole the actions of this class exemplify modes of behavior determined by their social environment.

According to a recent global study by BBMG and GlobeScan, for the first time since 2009, more consumers say they have punished companies for their behavior rather than rewarded them.

And by accentuating the positive, rather than criticizing missteps, she underscored that good parenting is not rocket science — that Stephanie was, in fact, already performing many of these positive behaviors.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

Rather than trying to control children's behavior with bribes, yelling, and punishments, peaceful parenting families experience more joy by

You can break the generational chain by putting into action behavior that reflects who you are today, rather than echoing your parents» feelings.

When we are stumped by our child's behavior, especially if we are trying something new — such as breastfeeding our baby rather than resort to formula — it's easy to think that maybe we're doing something wrong or not good enough.

Let your tween select, modify, and create his or her own experiences and environments rather than relying on a one - size - fits - all approach that is presented by average behavior models.

If there's a behavior or academic issue, approach it by coming alongside her, rather than at her with unwanted suggestions or demands.

Rather than dismissing schoolyard bullying as «a phase» that children will eventually outgrow, parents have the unique opportunity to alter these behaviors by helping young children overcome the very fears, anxieties, and insecurity that place them at risk.

(No, I am not equating first parents with mosquitoes, but rather with behaviors that need to be negotiated by any two people in an ongoing relationship.)

It fits in well with a lot of peaceful, authoritative parenting styles, because RIE is about letting kids grow up whole, healthy, and well - adjusted by treating them with patience, empathy, and respect, rather than using shame, misdirection, manipulation, threats, coercion, or force to shape their behavior.

«Rather than give up its seat at the table by divesting, the fund leverages its role as a large institutional investor to push for improved corporate behavior and accountability.»

While some green efforts in schools set out to change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights, for instance, is a positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green Schools Energy Curriculum.

Rather, it is a spectrum of disorders showing great variability in symptoms and expression but fundamentally characterized by failed social development, inability to communicate, and obsessive repetitive behavior.

The aftershocks clustered around the periphery of the rupture zone, both on the seaward and landward side of the plate boundary and reflected normal faulting behavior — caused by the bending, extending or stretching of rock — rather than the thrust faulting of the mainshock.

The research suggests that reducing production of the protein, called myoferlin, affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation of many genes involved in metastasis in favor of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to other tissues.

«It's interesting that the birds» foraging behavior was not affected under any of the playback conditions, which suggests that the behavioral effects were due to the call playbacks being masked by noise, rather than the noise being simply aversive.»

According to Hamilton, altruistic behavior, such as a worker bee caring for young produced by a queen rather than producing and caring for its own offspring, can evolve if the worker is closely related to the queen's young.

McKee notes that there's evidence suggesting CTE predisposes people to suicide, although how remains unclear; a colleague called it a «chicken and the egg problem,» explaining that CTE may cause problems in life that encourage suicides rather than specifically promote suicidal behavior by altering the working of the brain.

Indeed, by connecting with the subject, that person might have redirected some of the activity of mirror neurons toward a truly empathic behavior, rather than in the service of the deranged imitative violence leading to action.

Rather, the male marmoset's behavior, including the attempts to copulate with the female, could indicate that he was excited and aroused by her lying on the ground, «rather than any kind of compassion.&Rather, the male marmoset's behavior, including the attempts to copulate with the female, could indicate that he was excited and aroused by her lying on the ground, «rather than any kind of compassion.&rather than any kind of compassion.»

By pairing rookies, they were more likely to see instinctive — and genetically controlled — behaviors, rather than learned fighting form.

Previous studies have focused on understanding the behavior of individual terrorists (as people) rather than studying the different attacks by modeling their relationship with each other.