Behavior

Apes Have People-Like Personalities? What Scientists Now Say

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Video, Humans, Primates, Behavior, Animal Behavior, Apes, Chimpanzees, Personalities, Animals, Great Apes, Personality Traits, Anthropomorphism, Chimpanzee Behavior, Science News

What makes you you? Psychologists say human personalities include what they call "the big five” traits: agreeableness, openness to experience, e...

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What Does It Mean To 'Act Your Age'?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Act Your Age, post50 Beauty, Behavior, Image, Fifty News, Behaving, Anti-Aging, Behavioral Norms, Etiquette, Baby Boomer Behavior, Acting Your Age, Fifty News
Ann Brenoff

In a culture where someone live-tweets a birth and in the same week a 70-year-old announces to the world that she's tired of being a virgin and is looking for someone to do something about it, maybe it's time to have a national conversation about what it means to "act appropriately."

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What Birth Season May Mean For Health

Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Winter Babies, Video, Mental Health, Born in Winter, Personality, Health, Behavior, Winter Birthday, Science, Birth Defects, Science News, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/11/2012 02:14 PM EDT on LiveScience The season in which a baby is born apparently influenc...

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Little China Girls: How History's Worst Famine Shifted the Sex Ratio

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Evolution, China, Infanticide, Behavior, Famine, Sex, Gender, Sex Selection, Sex Ratio, Chinese Famine, Natural Selection, Science News
Rob Brooks

People often ask me whether natural selection continues to operate on modern humans in industrialized societies. My answer is always an unambiguous "Yes!"

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'A Bug's Life' Gets Drawn Out

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Decisions, Video, Pencil Drawing, Insect Behavior, Art Meets Science, Behavior, Weird Art, Quiet Ensemble, Weird, Drawing, Insects, Slidepollajax, Bernardo Vercelli, Biografie, Arts News

Normally we're so preoccupied with what's going on that we never stop to smell the roses or watch the insects! Come to think of it, insects probably w...

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Overcoming Difficult People

Melissa Van Rossum | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Acceptance, Emotions, Patience, Competitiveness, Law of Patient Acceptance, Tolerance, Behavior, Culture News
Melissa Van Rossum

Isn't it interesting how we expect others to behave in a certain way so we can feel good about ourselves? And then when people don't behave as we want them to, we feel so disappointed and angry -- when really, most times, we're not actually surprised at their actions?

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Social Media and Your Mental Health: Could You Have Pervasive Thirst Disorder (PTD)?

Erin Harper | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Social Media, Profile Pictures, Social Networking, Facebook Photos, Online Profiles, Facebook Pics, Profile Pics, Profile Photos, Behavior, Scarlett Johansson, Lucy Liu, Naomi Campbell, George Clooney, Maggie Q, Sofía Vergara, Human Positions, Suit (Clothing), Comedy News
Erin Harper

Do you frequently post attention-seeking profile pictures that are sexually suggestive or falsely depict your net worth? The cause of your behavior could be Pervasive Thirst Disorder (PTD).

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Getting Real Regarding "San Francisco Values"

Craig Newmark | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Population, Americans, San Francisco, Values, Behavior, San Francisco News
Craig Newmark

Okay, I've lived in SF for a long time, not far from twenty years. Have gotten tired of hearing outsiders talk "San Francisco values" without having a...

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Do You Smell A Love Connection?

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Pheromone Party, Behavioral Scientists, Video, Pheromones, Behavior, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Artists, Eharmony, Behavioral Science, Online Dating Sites, Brooklyn Art, New York, Judith Prays, Arts News

A pivotal stage in any relationship is the point where people grow accustomed to each other's smell. But what if you could just skip the awkward court...

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How to Tell If You're a Food Addict and What You Can Do About It

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Addiction, Food Addiction, Change, Weight Loss, Overeating, Behavior, Health, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

What do we mean when we say we're a "foodaholic"? It's confusing because, of course, we're all addicted to food since we need to eat to live. Essentially, we are all food addicts.

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Study the Research? Or the Researcher?

Ginger Ross Breggin | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Little Albert Psychology, Conditioning, Little Albert Conditioning, Behavior, New Research, Little Albert Experiment, Mental Health, John Watson, Little Albert, Psychology, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Ginger Ross Breggin

A paper just published in a psychology journal provides a fresh look at one of the most often-discussed early studies of human behavior, the "Little Albert" experiment.

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Code of Misconduct

Walt Hawkins | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Misconduct, The Marine Corps, Behavior, The Pope, Gay Voices News
Walt Hawkins

I recently had to attend a corporate code-of-conduct seminar. Upon exiting the seminar, I began thinking about some of the public figures who could have benefited from a class on proper on-the-job behavior.

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Help Me Understand...

John Joss | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Language, Speech, Pronunciation, Behavior, Speaking, Writing, Winston Churchill, Conversation, Grammar, Syntax, Caroline Kennedy, Sixty Minutes, Lesley Stahl, Media News
John Joss

Our inability to express ourselves with clarity, simplicity and vigor is the death of effective human affairs. The light at the end of the tunnel is that we, if we care enough to speak and write properly, will shine.

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Change Doesn't Have to Be Difficult... If You Know How

Morty Lefkoe | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Change, Beliefs, Global Warming, Behavior, Educational System, Business Management Change, Business Management, Business Management Tips, Business News
Morty Lefkoe

Eliminate the beliefs that keep us stuck and then change -- individual, organizational, and societal -- becomes effortless.

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Performance Reviews, Santa, and the Slack Factor

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Motivation, Behavior, Management, Performance Reviews, Business News
Lisa Earle McLeod

They slack off all year, avoiding chores like the plague, whining and complaining every time you ask them to do anything. Then, two weeks before the b...

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Does Waiting in Line Drive You Crazy? 8 Reasons Why

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Waiting in Line, Behavior, Waiting Time, The Waiting Line, Waiting, Emotional Intelligence, Cashier Lines, Lines, Waiting Lines, Lines and Waiting, Wait Time, Shopping Lines, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

I'm an impatient person, and standing in a slow-moving line is one of those very small, maddening aspects of life that drives me crazy. As often happens, however, when I learned more about the experience, it became more interesting to me.

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The Reality Of 'Ignoring' Tantrums

Hayley Krischer | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Temper Tantrums, Toddlers, How to Parent, Children, Behavior, Dealing With Tantrums, Terrible Twos, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News
Hayley Krischer

On a good day, I try to give my two-year-old choices. I attempt to keep my voice low. If she doesn't respond, then I remove her from the situation and tell her I'll speak to her when she's done screaming.

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Should Behavior And Attitude Be Factors In Student Success?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Engage, Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Psychology, Daisuke Akibe, Behavior, School Reform, Act, School, Students, Education News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee The focus on academic achievement is intense in today’s classroom culture. We’ve seen kindergartners with private tutors, a...

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Anti-bullying and the Seat Belt Law

Sean Slade | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Cyberbullying, Behavior, Health, Bullying, Safety, School Reform, School Bullying, Gay Bullying, Bullying Prevention, Bullying U.S., Bullying Laws, Teen Bullying, Education News
Sean Slade

There have certainly been great strides in highlighting the issue from columnists, pop stars, the secretary of education, and even the president and first lady, but we still have some way to go to make the shift widespread and automatic.

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Sustainability and Behavioral Change

Soren Petersen | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Environment, Creativity, Sustainability, Social Change, Profits, Behavior, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News
Soren Petersen

Imagine how the creation of multiple small and large clever solutions can impact everyday user behaviors and alter them in ways that ultimately help our world.

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The Biology Of Men Behaving Badly

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Biology, Behavior, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Science, DNA and Behavior, DNA and Infidelity, Biology and Behavior, Testosterone and Behavior, DNA and Biology, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

If we mistake the impulses of brute biology for our own decisions and priorities, we are likely to act on them. DNA is amazing stuff, but we should not be ceding control of our personal destinies to it.

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Airlines and Autism

Elaine Hall | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Travel, Autism, Special Needs Children, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Anxiety, Air Travel, Behavior, Parents News
Elaine Hall

Ideally, airlines would educate their employees about autism. But I have also learned ways to help with successful airline travel and now travel easily with my seventeen-year-old severely autistic and non-verbal son.

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The Everyday Activity That's Robbing Children Of Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Games, Web/Tech, Film, Music, Weight, Disordered Sleep, Fatigue, Children and Sleep, Students and Sleep, Sleep Research, Nightmares and Night Terrors, Sound, Television, Gadgets, Sleep and Heart Health, Bedroom and Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene, Behavior, Health, Parents and Sleep, Anxiety and Stress, Sleep Deprivation, Relaxation Techniques, Sleep, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Healthy-Kids, Healthy Kids, Healthy Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

There's a lot of evidence that suggests media exposure can be detrimental to children and the quality of their sleep. This study provides some important details about how when, what, where and who is watching matters.

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Marriage Problems for Parents, Sleep Problems for Baby

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Women and Sleep, Napping, Bedroom and Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene, Men and Sleep, Health, Behavior, Couples and Sleep, Parents and Sleep, Anxiety and Stress, Mood, Disordered Sleep, Fatigue, Sleep Research, Children and Sleep, New Parents Sleep, Infant Sleeping Problems, Infant Sleep, Women Sleep, Baby Health, Love & Sex, Women News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Here's some sobering, if unsurprising, news: A recent study indicates that strength of your marriage can have an effect on your baby's sleep. Research...

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Who Are You, Really?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Leader, Change, Behavior, Executive, Feedback, Business Leadership, Business News
Marshall Goldsmith

Most of us have behaviors that make up what we define as "me." If we buy into our definitions, we can excuse almost any action we take by saying, "That's just the way I am!" It's when we let go of these definitions that we can do our best work.

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