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behavior therapy
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...behavior therapy or behavior modification, in psychology, treatment of human behavioral disorders through the reinforcement of acceptable behavior and suppression of undesirable behavior. The technique......
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aggression
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...aggression, a form of behavior characterized by physical or...aggressive instincts, common among human societies, allows these instincts...Archer and K. Brown, ed., Human Aggression (1988); R. A. Baron and D. R. Richardson, Human Aggression (1991)....
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psychology
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......of the thought processes and behavior of humans and other animals...modern psychology, where the human mind's relation to the body...physiological understanding of human psychology by French philosopher...task of psychology was to study human thought and behavior as a whole......
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sociobiology
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......physical characteristics, shapes behavior in animals and humans. The...extending the theory to explain human social behavior and psychological...account the complexity of human behavior and the impact of the environment on human development.Scientists have......
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behaviorism
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......which seeks to explain animal and human behavior entirely in terms of observable...John B. Watson, who insisted that behavior is a physiological reaction to environmental...See B. F. Skinner, Science and Human Behavior (1965); J. B. Watson......
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sociology
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...sociology, scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their...to determine the laws governing human behavior in social contexts; it...principles of society at each stage of human social development. Herbert Spencer......
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instinct
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......tendency to action, or pattern of behavior, elicited by specific stimuli...of almost purely instinctive behavior are found in the behavior of many lower animals, in which...term instinct when referring to human motivational forces, such as......
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personality
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......psychology, the patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion unique...theories have attempted to explain human personality. In his psychoanalytic...Sigmund Freud asserted that the human mind could be divided into three...trait theories point out that behavior is largely situation dependent......
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Kinsey, Alfred Charles
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......known for his later extensive studies of human sexual behavior. His program of research on this subject...were presented in Sexual Behavior of the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior of the Human Female (1953). Kinsey's program of......
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Wilson, E. O.
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......controversial work on the genetic factors in human behavior in which Wilson argued that all human behavior, including altruism, is genetically...evidence and biological reasoning. Wilson's On Human Nature (1978) won the Pulitzer Prize; Biophilia......