Behavioral Science

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• Of Mice and Mutts III: The Negative Effects of Positive Reinforcement

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  In the first article in this series, Why Behavioral Science Is Losing the Training Wars , I described two examples of learning in dogs that cant be explained through either the pack leader model of training or learning theory, and suggested that the reason the positive training movement hasnt dominated the current ...
  2 weeks ago

• WTF?

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 133
  This is just beyond words. I can’t tell if it’s NSFW, either. I guess it depends on your employer’s tolerance for homoerotic, computer-animated, fantasy road chase sequences. This clip comes once again from Shane of the Government . I dare not ask how he found it.
  2 weeks ago

• Do you have ‘paraskavedekatriaphobia’ (just like Henry Ford, Napoleon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt)?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 589
  Henry Ford, the father of the modern automobile industry, ‘refused to do business on Friday the 13th.’ Ford shared the same fear and caution with other stalwarts as Napoleon and President Franklin Roosevelt. FDR was such a day 13th phobic that he altered his ‘own travel plans on any day of the week that landed ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Superbowl of Freedom

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 133
  How heinous is Rep. Michelle Bachmann ? Let us count the ways. For one, the most noxious member of the House of Representatives has organized what she’s calling “High Noon for Health Care,” which aims to assemble a large group of “Real Americans” on my city to try to prevent expanding health care options ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Contrarian Book Club Recommendation: “The Family”

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 133
  So I’ve just started reading The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power . It’s positively bone-chilling so far. If anyone wants to grab a copy now (staff, readers or lurkers), you can join me in blabbing about it here as part of the oft-mentioned, yet-to-be-consummated Contrarian Book ...
  3 weeks ago

• Terrible Teens Of T. Rex: Young Tyrannosaurs Did Serious Battle Against Each Other

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 553
  Young tyrannosaurs did serious battle against each other.We all know adolescents get testy from time to time. Thank goodness we don’t have young tyrannosaurs running around the neighborhood.In a new scientific paper, researchers from Northern Illinois University and the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford ...
  3 weeks ago

• Of Mice and Mutts: Why Behavioral Science Is Failing Our Dogs

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Theres a growing trend in this country of moving away from using behavioral science methods in education and child-rearing, and trying a more loving and playful approach. Popular author and lecturer Alfie Kohn sums up the operant conditioning approach as, "Do this and youll get that ." In a September, 2009 New ...
  4 weeks ago

• Of Mice and Mutts: How Behavioral Science Is Failing Our Dogs

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Theres a growing trend in this country of moving away from using behavioral science methods in education and child-rearing, and trying a more loving and playful approach. Popular author and lecturer Alfie Kohn sums up the operant conditioning approach as, "Do this and youll get that ." In a September, 2009 New ...
  4 weeks ago

• Of Mice and Mutts: Is Behavioral Science Failing Our Dogs?

  
  My Puppy, My Self — Authority:
  Theres a growing trend in this country of moving away from using behavioral science methods in education and child-rearing, and trying a more loving and playful approach. Popular author and lecturer Alfie Kohn sums up the operant conditioning approach as, "Do this and youll get that ." In a September, 2009 New ...
  4 weeks ago

• Step 1 Casebook – Changes in the elderly

  
  firstaidteam.com — Authority: 131
  An elderly woman comes into her doctor’s office. When the consultation begins, the woman complains that while she is sexually active with her husband, she is experiencing more pain. The woman has noticed that it has been getting worse and asks the physician why this is happening. What are some of the sexual ...
  4 weeks ago

• First Contact with a Negative Entity

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 133
  Today, I have chosen to reflect on an investigation that my former paranormal group took part in earlier this year. Granted, my former group was one dedicated to discussing their importance and prominence within the paranormal community versus actually doing something in the field — the three total investigations, ...
  5 weeks ago

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