Sentences with phrase «to modify one's behaviour»

Just wondering how you square «does not tolerate abuse» with «does not dictate what its members believe» and «does not modify the behaviour of its members».

This is an interactive resource to encourage a student to reflect on his / her behaviour and how to modify this behaviour in the future.

How can a community prevent that abuse, without modifying the behaviour of those committing the abuse?

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It asks them to at least modify their behaviour and to pay more attention to the operation of their building.

In other cases, poor people agree to modify their behaviour on paper in order to receive funding but in reality little changes on the ground.

Introverts who are able to read social cues and modify their behaviour accordingly are particularly good at posing as extroverts.

Since its first use in the 1920s, Creative / Play Therapy has been shown to be effective in helping children, adolescents and even adults modify their behaviours, improve self - esteem and build healthier relationships.

Insurance companies are well aware of the phenomenon in which people who take out insurance against, say, burglary, are known (on average if not in every case) to modify their behaviour so that the risk of being burgled increases.

«After watching the clear - cut behaviour of squirrels many times in New York, I decided to take these observations further and determine to what extent squirrels modify their behaviour when approached by humans.»

Additionally, because this by - product modifies the behaviour of important immune cells and prevents them from becoming fully active, it has potential as an inhibitor of common inflammatory diseases.

It was estimated that a sedentary individual who has a very low amount of daily steps but who had been able to modify behaviour over 5 years in order to meet the widely used guideline of 10,000 daily steps would improve insulin sensitivity by 3 times in comparison to a similar individual who increased their steps in order to meet the more recently recommended 3,000 steps for 5 days each week.

A Hug to Save Lifetime of Pain New Straits Times, January 10, 2012» «You can modify behaviour later, but you can't rewire disrupted brain circuits,» notes Jack Shonkoff, a Harvard pediatrician who has been a leader in this field.»

Why modify your behaviour or book extra nights / stays with Hilton to get Diamond status if you can pick up that status for nothing?

Now it's used as if it described some B.F. Skinner, modifying behaviour with reward and punishment, depending on the need of the moment.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the rationale behind single - subject research designs and their application to the validation of interventions aimed at modifying behaviour.

It will show the extent to which children identified as being antisocial early, on the basis of parent and teacher checklist information, can be helped to modify their behaviour by an intensive and expensive intervention programme.

Dr Bill Bateman, Senior Lecturer at Curtin's Department of Environment & Agriculture, led the study that proved eastern grey squirrels were able to modify their behaviour in urban environments and prevent unnecessary responses when humans acted in a predictable manner, such as staying on the footpath.

Since its first use in the 1920s, Creative / Play Therapy has been shown to be effective in helping children, adolescents and even adults modify their behaviours, improve self - esteem and build healthier relationships.

The AWD system also features Adaptive Surface Response, which monitors road conditions, and modifies the behaviour of the sedan's steering, throttle, transmission and stability control systems according to conditions.

«We need to focus on preventing obesity, and this study shows us that understanding and modifying behaviour could be the key,» as Maldonado states «these studies reveal the major behavioural and cognitive changes promoted by hypercaloric food intake, which could be crucial for the repeated weight gain and the difficulties to an appropriate diet control.»

This time he has teamed up with Ellis to explain why cats do what they do and how to (gently) modify their behaviour to make life better for everyone.

These modify behaviour by blocking specific neurotransmitters in the brain.

Although in the past such animals might have been put down, modern veterinary medicine can now treat disturbed pets with antidepressants and by modifying their behaviour, says Alan Parker, a vet specialising in neurology at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

If this inverse CSI effect exists then one might imagine that a proportion of cyber-criminals would modify their behaviour in one of three ways.

In order to understand this assertion better, Bernardo Moreno states that, for example, «when we acquire a new motor function, when we learn or when we store memories in our minds, it is because the synapse has modified its behaviour.

Many animals, including humans, have the capacity to modify their behaviour and seek refuge in the face of environmental stress.

If I realise anyone is acting against the spirit or letter of this Code on my behalf, I will refer them to this Code and ask them to modify their behaviour.

He modified his behaviour and landed a great job six weeks later.»

Personally, I've kept a small journal tracking my spending for years because it helps me modify my behaviour if my spending gets out of control.

«Often, you have to get at the root cause of your behaviour and address that first, before you can modify your behaviour,» says Richard Petty of Ohio State University.

If you've ever tried to quit smoking, lose weight or even just skip your afternoon latte, then you know how difficult it is to modify your behaviour and make it stick.

Plus furnishing you with the skills to modify the behaviour that you do not like, such as chewing, biting, barking and pulling on the lead.

Some need some action on our part to modify the behaviour.

The dog learns that bullying results in loss of play opportunities, and they modify their behaviour accordingly.

While Indigenous peoples are generally depicted as victims of poverty and vulnerability to climate change, the document suggests that it would also be appropriate to emphasize their sensitivity to the environment, adaptive capacity and resilience, as manifested by their ability to modify their behaviour in response to changing climatic conditions.

When a select few are capable of understanding the complexities of climate science and the remainder have no more cognitive ability than rodents, the role of government is to modify behaviour, and to manage human nature.

Can Tony Abbott be blamed for his irresponsible stand on greenhouse emissions when the common people are unwilling to modify their behaviours?

The environmental movement and the UK government previous and present have emphasised that price is fundamental to «sending signals», both to the market to encourage investment in the technologies it favours; and to the consumer to coerce him to modify his behaviour.

He added that learning how to control and modify behaviour can be a form of rehabilitation and should be considered in sentencing, even if the condition that produced the illegal behaviour can not be cured.

The LSO wants me to take courses and modify my behaviour to cleanse myself of racial bias, but what have I done, which now obligates me to modify my conduct?

a system that can realign itself, modify its behaviour and adjust to changes found in the environment it works in

Our nebulous conversations tend to fall back to discounts, which don't do anything to modify behaviour.»

Criminal law is not just about punishing harm: the deterrent aim is to modify behaviour, hence the many offences which carry strict liability.

The traffic survival school was created to modify the behaviour of the driver who is subject for traffic violations risking themselves and other commuters on the road.