While in the past they were simply thought of as jerks or worse, we now know there are
predictable patterns of behavior involved and generally effective ways of dealing with them.
When husbands and wives are unable to navigate their disagreements, they fall into fairly
predictable patterns of behavior, as suggested by the four stages of marital conflict.
Not exact matches
By these methods much interesting and useful knowledge about the
predictable patterns of human
behavior has been gained.
These
patterns occur at
predictable frequencies that depend on what a person is doing and on what part
of the brain is active during the
behavior.
Our friendship narrative tends to locks us into a
pattern of predictable behaviors that support the narrative.
These are conditioned brain circuits that are pre-programmed so that, once triggered, they unfold as if they had a mind
of their own, producing a
predictable pattern of thoughts, feelings and
behaviors.