Sentences with phrase «certain kinds of behavior»

And whether you're a human or a pet, treats can be very useful both to produce certain kinds of behavior and as a reward.

Instead, she determined that peer - driven culture, with its script for certain kinds of behavior, clothing tastes, music, and styles, allowed the students in her study to establish symbolic boundaries among ethnic and racial groups and to gain peer status.

If we expect certain kinds of behavior and we expect everyone to conform to them, that is a really narrow construction of society and it's a really narrow conception of public space,» they say.

The purpose of tax deductions is usually to stimulate or incentivize certain kind of behavior and punish other kinds of behavior.

This is really the only way to deal with certain kinds of behavior problems, or problems which are only an issue at home (for instance, bolting out the front door).

«What I wish to point out here is that the entire enterprise of art making provides the ground for finding the limits and possibilities of certain kinds of behavior.»

Certain kinds of behaviors by lawyers are likely to push judges» buttons, possibly resulting in a shaky reputation or relationship with the judge, or even in a scathing order or opinion.

Mostly, around teachers» sense that the best classrooms have no place for certain kinds of behavior.

Unless belief engenders a specific set of affections, and leads to certain kinds of behavior, these theologians would say, the gospel has been misunderstood.

«Simply because a tool can be abused does not mean the tool itself actually promotes a certain kind of behavior.»

It's great to ponder these issues, but we are all predisposed to certain kinds of behaviors, actions and reactions.

KATHERINE HOUPT, VMD, PhD, DACVB Says Katherine Houpt, director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell and author of Domestic Animal Behavior: «Different breeds have genetic predispositions to certain kinds of behavior, though that can be influenced by how they are raised.