• After the war the POW camp site served as a VA hospital from 1947 to 1951, then an Army Reserve facility. (wikipedia.org)
  • We choose this starting point because the theory of evolution is the inevitable background to any modern discussion of innate behavior. (uva.nl)
  • Moreover, Darwin himself pioneered an approach to the study of innate behavior that remains influential even today. (uva.nl)
  • In human and animal psychology since Darwin there have been a number of periods when the innate/acquired distinction was the subject of heated scientific controversy. (uva.nl)
  • Here is given the text of the book "Sexual behavior in the Human Male", Kinsey c.s., 1948, in a long PDF file. (ipce.info)
  • But our attitudes toward sex are not even as reasonable as our behavior. (ipce.info)
  • Marital and Sexual Lifestyles in the United States: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Relationships in Social Context. (elielarrey.com)
  • But among white evangelical Protestants, the most commonly cited reason for Christianity's declining influence is "more permissive attitudes about sexual behavior and sexuality in popular culture" (see Chapter 2 for full details). (outsidethebeltway.com)
  • Yet the pattern of Western civilization has been established - and Westerners have sought to impose it upon the rest of the world - as if only one set of sexual customs was either desirable or natural. (ipce.info)
  • it is provided, promised, or threatened contingent upon the performance of a behavior someone deems desirable or undesirable. (acrwebsite.org)
  • This "everyday psychology" (Jones & Elcock, 2001) helps us understand our own and others' behavior and shapes our sense of what kind of society is desirable and possible. (dennisfox.net)
  • According to misogynists St. Paul and St. Augustine, sexuality is to be tolerated (though, they believed, depressingly necessary for breeding), since, they proclaimed, abstinence from sexual relationships is considered a sign of superior morality. (exchristian.net)
  • Showing clearly that human sexuality cannot be studied and understood with the least degree of ethnocentrism as "sexual behavior is learned through socialization and [conformity] to the prevailing norms in a given society" (Rouse, pg. (elielarrey.com)
  • However, the role of this system in driving motivated behaviors remains poorly understood. (jneurosci.org)
  • Ford and Beach published a report in 1951 showing not only how culture mediates sexuality, but also how "sexuality is patterned by learning" with the human brain playing a pivotal role (Rouse, pg. (elielarrey.com)
  • The homosexual has been a significant part of human sexual activity ever since the dawn of history, primarily because it is an expression of capacities that are basic in the human animal. (ipce.info)
  • The 'striking' conclusion after numerous studies of human societies worldwide and animal behavior is "every human society regulates the sexual behavior of its members" (Linda Rouse, pg. (elielarrey.com)
  • George Otto Gey was a scientist in the US who studied cells and cultivated the first continuous human cell line in 1951. (asu.edu)
  • Did those ancient beliefs originate by copying other animal systems, like those of male lions with their prides, alpha chimp males with their tribes, etc., all transferred into human harems, where females exist as property, sex partners of the male's choosing? (exchristian.net)
  • However, we now learn that specific norms and values govern sexual behavior and "it is in our interactions with others that we learn sexual behavior and our feelings about sex" (Rouse, pg. (elielarrey.com)
  • Nowhere in scriptures, nor theologies or teachings of these religions, are the sexual feelings of women considered. (exchristian.net)
  • While much research has tested how different types of predators change prey behavior, few experiments have examined how predator behavior affects anti-predatory responses of prey. (springer.com)
  • Psychology has comparable questions: Is its proper focus mind or behavior? (dennisfox.net)
  • [14] [13] Folk psychology is the understanding of the mental states and behaviors of people held by ordinary people , as contrasted with psychology professionals' understanding. (worddisk.com)
  • Psychology is the science of behavior and mind , embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought . (infogalactic.com)
  • Many do scientific research on a wide range of topics related to mental processes and behavior, and typically work in university psychology departments or teach in other academic settings (e.g., medical schools, hospitals). (infogalactic.com)
  • However, this meaning was contested, notably by radical behaviorists such as John B. Watson , who in his 1913 manifesto defined the discipline of psychology as the acquisition of information useful to the control of behavior. (infogalactic.com)
  • However, this meaning was contested, notably by radical behaviorists such as John B. Watson , who in 1913 asserted that the discipline is a natural science , the theoretical goal of which "is the prediction and control of behavior. (worddisk.com)
  • Religion's tradition of using fear and ignorance to control behavior is a stinking method for raising a child, if you expect that child to become a morally responsible adult. (exchristian.net)
  • These accounts have for the most part been inspired by the sciences of mind and behavior. (uva.nl)
  • The father and son play "he" men-carrying rifles, shooting at dangerous male predators, and hunting animals (the father has to teach his middle-class suburban son proper masculine behavior in order for the family to survive). (blogspot.com)
  • While much research has examined variation in mobbing responses to different predators, few studies have investigated how anti-predator behavior is affected by changes in a predator's own state or behavior. (springer.com)
  • By experimentally manipulating robotic predators, we show that blue tits not only respond to the presence of a sparrowhawk, by decreasing feeding and increasing anti-predator behavior and vocalizations, but that they vary specific anti-predator behaviors when encountering differently behaving predators (moving, vocalizing, or those with captured prey), suggesting that prey pay attention to their predators' state and behavior. (springer.com)
  • Our study was the first to map out the culture of romantic kissing around the world (one other, a 1951 study, looked at a tiny sample of 13 societies, of which only five had romantic kissing). (sapiens.org)
  • The purposes of this study are to review some of the design-like behaviors and structures of this group of parasites, to search for a reasonable explanation for their existence in the evolutionary literature, and to provide a creation-based explanation for their origins. (creationresearch.org)
  • The male monkeys reared in isolation lack effective copulation abilities and females raised in isolation (and later had offspring) did not show 'normal' mothering behaviors. (elielarrey.com)
  • These results support an essential role of the VMHvl in both male and female aggression and reveal the existence of two previously unappreciated subdivisions in the female VMHvl that are involved in distinct social behaviors. (nature.com)
  • Examining hypotheses generated by field measures of sexual selection on male lizards, Uta palmeri. (repfocus.dk)
  • Do Social Norms and Values Influence Sexual Conduct? (elielarrey.com)
  • This was the Social Scientific question of the month for my Marital and Sexual Lifestyles class. (elielarrey.com)
  • without it, social animals experience distress and face severe developmental consequences. (wikipedia.org)
  • Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior , while also exploring the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors. (infogalactic.com)
  • These parasites cannot be classified on the single basis of reproductive isolation, as many animal species are, because trematodes are hermaphroditic and several species often inhabit the same estuary. (creationresearch.org)
  • This new method aims at shortening the management time and reducing the physical aftereffects on the animals, fostering the clinical and reproductive management of Geoffroys side-necked turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus) and related species. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 1902, editors of the medical journal Alkaloidal Clinic Wallace C. Abbott and William Francis Waugh published Sexual Hygiene, a book about normal sexual physiology and behavior in Chicago, Illinois. (asu.edu)
  • Though the book includes a collection of passages from other books, articles, speeches, and documents surrounding sexual physiology and behavior, it does not include text regarding sexual hygiene. (asu.edu)
  • The sexual behavior of people is based on a great many different traditions, superstitions, impulses and individual experiences. (ipce.info)
  • In these discussions, the distinction public and private is often treated as a uni-dimensional, rigidly dichotomous and absolute, fixed and universal concept, whose meaning could be determined by the objective content of the behavior. (mit.edu)
  • Challenged in Florida for its sexual content and being pro-communist. (bibliocommons.com)
  • Banned for its language and content, including sexual references. (bibliocommons.com)
  • Thus spoke those males who couldn't deal with their own sexual urges and inclinations. (exchristian.net)
  • The antithesis to these decorative cattle are wild yak, whose unkempt, shaggy appearance and unpredictable temperament are an example of how one species has evolved to withstand extreme conditions which few other animals could exploit. (jrank.org)
  • Chapter five, here presented as a .PDF file, is devoted to early sexual growth and activity and first sets out to define erotic arousal and orgasm, noting the variation in pattern of orgastic response in individuals. (ipce.info)
  • We examined the effect of sparrowhawk ( Accipiter nisus ) behavior on the mobbing response of wild blue tits ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) using robotic taxidermy sparrowhawks. (springer.com)
  • Chapter 7: Age and Sexual Outlet, pp. 259-261] Homosexual activity and age. (ipce.info)
  • Psychologist Harry Harlow hypothesized that if behaviors such as mating or rearing offspring were instinctive then an animal in isolation should exhibit all of these habits without having to have learned or observed them. (elielarrey.com)
  • Prominent consumer behavior examples include giving or denying treats to our pets, children, students, and other small animals over whom we exercise authority. (acrwebsite.org)
  • The same factors which governed the development of our actual sexual behavior seem to have set up the psychological blocks which have been the obstacles to our knowledge. (ipce.info)
  • The couple should be asked specifically about their sexual habits, including their level of knowledge of the optimal timing of intercourse and the use of potentially spermatotoxic drugs and lubricants. (medscape.com)
  • Nevertheless, in the last decade, sexualised violence against men and boys - including rape, sexual torture, mutilation of the genitals, sexual humiliation, sexual enslavement, forced incest and forced rape - has been reported in 25 armed conflicts across the world. (ipce.info)
  • Robertson noted the variance in sexual conduct from several cultures around the world, each culture having a different sexual norm than the other. (elielarrey.com)
  • Domestic cows, of course, are extremely abundant in captivity, with a world-wide population exceeding a billion animals. (jrank.org)
  • One of the earliest and most memorable standouts of this genre from the mid-Twentieth Century was the science fiction/horror film titled The Thing from Another World (often referred to as just The Thing ), Produced by the Winchester Pictures Corporation and released by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered on April 27, 1951. (centauri-dreams.org)
  • Norway this month (September) decided to destroy 70% of its wild wolf population, shocking conservationists and animal rights campaigners around the world. (lankaweb.com)
  • Dr. Sukhdeo is, or perhaps was, "an anti-cult activist" whose professional interests (according to an autobiographical note) were "homicide, suicide, and the behavior of animals in electro-magnetic fields. (jimhougan.com)
  • The great reluctance of many men and boys to report sexual violence makes it very difficult to accurately assess its scope. (ipce.info)
  • Does it seek general laws of behavior or better understanding of individuals in context? (dennisfox.net)
  • Aversion Medications - These seek to modify behavior and curb substance use by triggering immediate and harshly-unpleasant reactions if the substance is used. (womensrecovery.com)
  • One significant finding was that more than 99% of these boys adopted a regular routine of sexual activity after the initial experience of ejaculation. (ipce.info)
  • Orexin A/hypocretin-1 (oxA/hcrt-1) is known to be a modulator of dopamine-dependent neuronal activity and behaviors. (jneurosci.org)
  • download The Amphetamine Debate: The Use of Adderall, Ritalin and Related Drugs for Behavior Modification, Neuroenhancement and successfully: 350Lives into the Strange New Science of the Self. (dirk-killmann.net)
  • Challenged in Delaware because students can now grasp the sexual and drug-related references through a quick internet search. (bibliocommons.com)
  • Some say it evolved to help test potential partners' health through taste, their genetic compatibility through the smell of their immune system, or their romantic interest and sexual compatibility. (sapiens.org)
  • Funniest moment in a nuke film: in Panic in the Year Zero a family survives a nuclear attack on LA (they are outside of LA and en route to go camping when the nuclear bomb drops on the city). (blogspot.com)
  • There is an interesting sexual tension in the film with some deviant local boys who go after the teenage daughter in the family, as well as another young woman. (blogspot.com)
  • A generational shift in one's outlook towards pets has taken place in the Indian middle classes: pets are no longer perceived as animals that must serve some purpose, but are actually considered to be equal members of the family, even becoming a statement of style for pet owners. (mdpi.com)
  • Lindenfors, P. & Tullberg, B.S. Evolutionary aspects of aggression the importance of sexual selection. (nature.com)
  • For centuries, Indian animal tales have had a habit of anthropomorphizing, but generally narratives about dogs uphold the basic prejudice that they are polluting and degraded animals. (mdpi.com)
  • The Castros lived in a two-story country house, built in the Galician style with wooden stilts and a space underneath for farm animals. (allgov.com)
  • Many animals alter their anti-predator behavior in accordance to the threat level of a predator. (springer.com)
  • Anti-predatory behavior is often modulated by the threat level posed by a particular predator. (springer.com)
  • But there is some tragi-comic irony in the sharp numerical disparity between the potential victims and the prospective killers: The actual number of wolves affected is miserably small, that is, about 47 will be culled out of a total population of some 65 or so animals. (lankaweb.com)
  • What is less widely recognised is that armed conflict and its aftermath also bring sexual danger for men and boys. (ipce.info)