Sentences with phrase «induced by fear»

A great deal of laughter is induced by fear.

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Wall Street stock futures are bouncing this morning after Tuesday's horror show that was induced by fresh fears for the strength of the global economy.

Is fear qualitatively different from jollity, from bravado, from the heart flutters induced by romance?

The separatism induced by the religion of even some of the best thinkers in the time of the kingdoms is apparent in the attitude of Isaiah, for example, who definitely feared contamination of the religion of Yahweh by close relations with foreign nations.

controlling their behavior by inducing a fear of physical consequence will also make them fear the person doling out the punishment, which will eventually make it difficult for the child to come to the parent as they get older for help when they've done something wrong or made a mistake and need advice.

I think there's a difference between spanking and «harsh» spankings that induce fear in a child... The idea of spanking a child is that by doing it they won't repeat bad behavior... if a parent has gotten to a point where they find themselves spanking more often than not for the SAME action then it's time to find something else.

The researchers chose to study these five primitives by observing the insects in the presence of a fear - inducing stimulus.

«When we induced a mild fear memory in the brain, we were able to develop a fast and accurate method of reading it by using AI algorithms,» explains study author Dr. Ben Seymour, of the University of Cambridge's Engineering Department, in a press release.

Rats with stress - induced ghrelin elevations were more vulnerable to an excessive fear response long after the stressful experience, a vulnerability that was eliminated by long - term blockade of ghrelin signaling.

The act of avoidance in the face of unclear and fear - inducing circumstances is a normal nervous system response set off in part by the amygdala.

The reason for that is the extremely large psychological effect produced by the suicide attack (moral supremacy over the opponent, inducing fear in large numbers of people).

Fueled by paranoia that an out of control government was intent on harming civilians — an irrational fear that has never gone away — The Andromeda Strain may have been a product of its time, drug - induced climax and all, but remains interesting viewing today.

There have been several reports in Hong Kong, China, Japan and other Asian countries related to the exam - induced psychological problems, suicidal feelings and fear of exams — according to publications by Suen & Yu (2006), Hesketh, Ding & Jenkins (2002), Zeng & Le Tendre (1998).

By their own admission, the «Reorientation Room» is a place that is intended to induce fear and force specific behaviors.

Clearly, the sizeable sentiment in favor of organizing private preschools among the large urban locals in California reflects the impact and fear induced by the privatization agenda generally and charter schools specifically.

Amid fear - inducing bombings in their DC neighborhood and the corruption of Therapeutic Forgetting Clinics and Homeland Inc., the teens cope with their environment by creating an underground comic.

If they read, they are influenced by so called agents who constantly induce fear about mutual funds and only promote those which are beneficial to them.

The premature removal of young animals from their natural family group, the lack of human socialisation at this early age and the confusion and fear induced by their transit to new and alien environments contributes towards behavioural issues they should not normally suffer from.

If a dog regularly reacts to certain fear - or anxiety - inducing situations or stimuli by trembling, drooling, urinating or defecating, attempting to flee, or inflicting harm to themselves or others, this dog is experiencing a welfare crisis; it is our responsibility as pet owners to act immediately to provide relief as quickly as possible.

He is exposed to the fear - inducing situation time after time — a man in a hat, tape - recorded thunder, the departure of a loved one — initially for extremely short periods at far distances, followed by progressively longer sessions and / or at increasingly closer distances.

Considering that 1.3 million Americans» eyesight is threatened by toxoplasmosis - induced ocular lesions, 85 percent of pregnant American women are at risk of transmitting toxoplasmosis to their unborn children, and one third of low - income black American children are infected with toxocariasis — from cat - and dog - vectored parasitic roundworms which cause developmental disability and blindness — it is unconscionable for Ms. Robinson to accuse Rick Sinnott of «fear - mongering.»

And if that wasn't enough, the way he is introduced just adds to the fear he induces... You see, you've been running away from horrific creatures for the past hour or two, trying to survive... And then you get to an apartment and find two of them being assaulted by Pyramid Head, and you realise that they weren't anything and this guy is the one you need to fear!

We once thought it would be VR headsets, but that technology turned out to be a headache - inducing fad, people's desire for tech novelty outweighed by their fear of being caught in an enormous electrical dorkhat.

One of the most feared of all model - based projections of CO2 - induced global warming is that temperatures will rise to such a degree as to cause a disastrous melting / destabilization of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), which melting is subsequently projected to raise global sea level by several meters.

Another qualification I can offer is that I am father two brilliant children, and I want to leave a world for them that is not in any danger of human induced climate catastrophe, but is also a world were they will have financial security, and even more importantly a world not dominated by fear.

I want to leave a world for them that is not in any danger of human induced climate catastrophe, but is also a world were they will have financial security, and even more importantly a world not dominated by fear.

obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.

Nor was any evidence advanced by the government that «fear of JR» induced public authorities to act in a way not required by law, as was noted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in its response.

The popularity of the courses is probably directly proportionate to the level of fear induced by the particular activity.

this obtaining of property from another, with his consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right

Yet this self pity might be induced by the environment you live in, by a low level of self - esteem, fears etc..

The result is often one of inducing fear and anxiety in the accused who either feels the need to appease by agreeing with the other's point of view, or feels the need to defend by providing a good enough explanation.

A collectivistic culture values harmony within the group, and the individual gain is considered to be less important than improvement of the social group.14 Embarrassment may be more common in collectivistic cultures because it is induced by external sanctions.15 «Taijin kyofusho» (the fear of offending or embarrassing the other person) is an example of a culturally specific expression of anxiety in Asian countries.16 Biological evidence also showed that people who live in collectivist cultures are more likely than those in individualistic cultures to have a form of the serotonin transporter gene that correlates with higher rates of anxiety and depression.17

Typically fears are induced by past employment or educational challenges, technological change, age, not knowing what's out there and a perceived loss of skills, relevance and self - confidence.