Social Behavior

WATCH: Joplin Boy With Autism Saved Family From Tornado, Said 'I Love You' For First Time

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Janyce Prier, Joplin, Missouri, Autism, Maddox Prier, Social Behavior, Joplin Tornado, Hero, Slideexpand, Joplin Heroes, Joplin Tornado Anniversary, Video, Impact News

"I hear the horns." Those were the four words with which Maddox Prier, a nine year old with autism, woke his family before the EF-5 tornado struck ...

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Five Ways Our Need To Fit In Controls Us

Michael Taft | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Crowd Psychology, Status, Group Psychology, Social Behavior, Groupthink, Peer Pressure, Collective Hysteria, Conformity, Conformity To, Social Conformity, In Conformity, Peer Pressure Facts, Peer Pressure Teenagers, Peer Pressure Effects, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Michael Taft

As a society, we Westerners exalt individualism and self-reliance, and yet our biology moves us in other directions. Humans evolved as social animals, and we posses a number of behaviors that motivate us towards group conformity.

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Social Networking: The Endgame of Natural Communication

Dori Hartley | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Internet, Communication Breakdown, Social Behavior, Twitter, Facebook, Social Networking, Tumblr, Social Media, Technology News
Dori Hartley

Social networking is about having an audience and being an audience. You make friends for entertainment purposes. It feels good. And then it becomes a lifestyle, an addiction.

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The Quality of Mercy

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Conduct, Philosophy, Graciousness, The Merchant of Venice, Portia, Hamlet, Behavior, Social Behavior, Mercy, Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Shakespeare, Tom Morris, Forgiveness, Justice, Polonius, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

The church that's my current spiritual home is putting together a short devotional booklet for the upcoming season. And, yes, in case you're wondering...

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The Phrases That Cancel Us Out

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Social Behavior, Connection, Comminication, Language, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Words can either deliberately direct us to a more whole, present way of being alive, or words can degrade and delete the human chain of connection, entirely.

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Reality Health Care Bill

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Television, Nancy Pelosi, Social Behavior, Civil Behavior, Ted Kennedy, Society, Psychological Entitlement, Politics News
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

We heard a lot of hoopla on Sunday night, but what do we really have in the health care bill? With all those runaway mentions of amendments, what do we really have?

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