Behavior Control
How do I control my behavior at school?
Even though it’s only been 2 months into the school year, I’ve already gotten myself a detention, a lunch detention, and some private talks. I try so hard to control my behavior and attitude, it’s just that sometimes I don’t even know what’s gotten into me. I really hate to disappoint my parents, and it hurts so much when I tell them I got in the trouble for the umpteenth time. How can I control myself?
for this I like Bob Newheart’s “stop it” therapy. OK, ready? STOP IT
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Bringing Out the Best in Children and Teens with Special Needs $59.95 “Bringing Out the Best in Children and Teens with Special Needs” CD Set is an exceptional resource from internationally renowned parenting expert, Noel Janis-Norton, who is the creator of “Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting”. In this 5-CD Set, Janis-Norton teaches parents and professionals simple and effective strategies that will rapidly improve behavior, cooperation, impulse control, learning, or… |
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EBN / Telecommunication Breakdown $120.00 Includes interactive CD / EBN / Telecommunication Breakdown Details Tracks: 20 Total time: 53:18 Disc-ID: misc / 2f0c8814 1. search 0:59 |
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Dog Basic Training with the Tri-Tronics Electronic Collar (Now Your Dog Can Be the Obedient Companion You’ve Always Wanted) $9.95 Learn to control your dog off-leash, using the come, heel, sit and down commands. The four most popular obedience commands are covered in clear and straightforward detail. Learn how to introduce each command to a beginning dog, starting from scratch. Then learn how to train with the Tri-Tronics Remote Training collar for reliable off-leash control, even around distractions…. |
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1-2-3 Magic – Managing difficult Behavior in Children 2-12 [VHS] $39.99 This 1990 production has been getting good words on Web parenting message boards and for good reason: it works. Dr. Thomas Phelan, a clinical psychologist, developed the program for his own children when they were young and in the thralls of hyperactivity and sibling rivalry. The two-hour show features his explanation of the program interspersed with dramatic scenarios and parent testimonials. T… |
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Fatal Addiction: Tobacco’s Deadly Grasp (The Messages You Send Your Children About Smoking Could Mean the Difference Between Life and Death) $45.00 (1 VHS Video) Tobacco related illness cost hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year. The financial toll of tobacco is appalling, but the emotional toll is overwhelming. Kids who are left without a parent, parents who are too sick to maintain jobs and provide for their families…eventually, we all pay the toll of tobacco. Research shows that the earlier you begin smokin… |
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A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition) $8.12 Stanley Kubrick’s striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess’s famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people’s homes, and raping women. While other directors would simply exploit the vi… |
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A Clockwork Orange [Blu-ray] $7.46 Stanley Kubrick’s striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess’s famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people’s homes, and raping women. While other directors would simply exploit the vi… |
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Behavior Control Kit For Dogs $94.89 NEW! Behavior Control Kit For Dogs Have your pets been a bit more on the disobedient side lately? No problem! The Behavior Control Kit for Dogs comes with everything you need to keep your dog’s behavior under control. From calming tablets and pheromones to obedience training, we’ve got you covered! Take advantage of this bundle kit at this great price! Includes: 1) TranQuil Tabs for Dogs (60 Tablets) 2) DAP Dog Appeasing Pheromone Electric Diffuser (48 mL) 3) Shake Trainer |
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Behavior Management: Impulse Control $6.99 “> Behavior Management: Impulse Control focuses on a problem behavior experienced by many young children. Activities provide suggestions for the teacher and/or parent on how to address these issues and how to teach children to manage their behavior effectively. Some role-playing activities included. Also included are easy-to-use behavior modification plans, original stories for the children to listen to and relate to, and songs.” |
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Behavior Control Kit for Cats $70.49 NEW! Behavior Control Kit For Cats Have your cats been a bit more on the disobedient side lately? No problem! The Behavior Control Kit for Cats comes with everything you need to keep your cat’s behavior under control. From calming gel and pheromones to scratching stimulation, we’ve got you covered! Take advantage of this bundle kit at this great price! Includes: 1) Feliway Electric Diffuser (48 mL) 2) NaturVet Quiet Moments Gel for Cats (3 oz) 3) Bergan Turbo Scratcher Cat Toy |
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Control of Human Behavior, Mental Processes, and Consciousness $125 In this book, an international group of leading scientists present perspectives on the control of human behavior, awareness, consciousness, and the meaning and function of perceived control or self-efficacy in people's lives. The book breaks down the barr |
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Behavior Control Technician $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Out of Control Sexual Behavior $110.18 No Synopsis Available |
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Endocrine Control of Sexual Behavior $82.39 No Synopsis Available |
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Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs $335.39 During the past quarter century, there has been a tremendous expansion in our knowledge about gastropods, their behavior and their neurobiology. We can understand a great deal about mammalian nervous systems by studying the relatively larger and simpler structure of the gastropod nervous system. Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs first reviews the broader aspects of molluscan biology and draws attention to the special features of the gastropod nervous system. The book then examines different types of behavior, reviewing progress in understanding the mechanisms of neural control, and emphasizing cases in which control can be attributed to identified neurons and identified neural circuits. Author: Chase, Ronald B./ Chase Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2002/07/18 Language: English Dimensions: 9.52 x 6.38 x 0.93 inches |
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Control of Human Behavior: Behavior Modification in Education $13.07 No Synopsis Available |
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Control $65 Behaviorism has been the dominant force in the creation of modern American psychology. However, the unquestioned and unquestioning nature of this dominance has obfuscated the complexity of behaviorism. Control serves as an antidote to this historical myopia, providing the most comprehensive history of behaviorism yet written. Mills successfully balances the investigation of individual theorists and their contributions with analysis of the structures of assumption which underlie all behaviorist psychology, and with behaviorism's role as both creator and creature of larger American intellectual patterns, practices, and values. Furthermore, Mills provides a cogent critique of behaviorists' narrow attitudes toward human motivation, exploring how their positivism cripples their ability to account for the unobservable, inner factors that control behavior. Control 's blend of history and criticism advances our understanding not only of behaviorism, but also the development of social science and positivism in twentieth-century America. |
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Action Control: From Cognition to Behavior $84.78 No Synopsis Available |
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Explanation and Power : The Control of Human Behavior $58.5 No Synopsis Available |
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Deviant Behavior : Patterns, Sources, and Control $96.53 No Synopsis Available |
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Advances in the Study of Behavior $140 Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes serve to foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields. Volume 23 focuses on research on the lower vertebrates with respect to the functional significance of different breeding strategies, the level at which natural selection acts, methods of teasing apart the genetic control of behavior, the assumptions underlying models of territoriality, and signalling systems and the sensory mechanisms on which they depend. |
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Human Behavior Learning and Transfer $99.95 The authors (both of the Chinese U. of Hong Kong) examine the modeling and transfer of human action and reaction behaviors. They apply machine learning techniques and statistical analysis towards abstracting models of human reaction behavior, contending that such models can be learnt efficiently to emulate complex human control behaviors in the fee |
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Uniform Behavior $90 This book places in historical context the continuing push-pull dynamics between national politics and the entrenched tradition of local control over law enforcement in the U.S. Drawing on the present sense of urgency around the War on Terror and earlier national political initiatives that have sought to influence law enforcement at the local level, this multidisciplinary collection addresses key questions about how national and geopolitical developments come to shape local policing, and inform who decides how, and to what end, local police forces will maintain public order, interact with local communities, and address issues of accountability, oversight, and reform. |
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Consumer Behavior $19.95 Why study women and shopping? Why is it important? Women matter because of their consumer spending power; they are crucial to survival in the competitive retail industry in America. Women matter because they control over $20 trillion in consumer spending. Women are better educated, have more financial power and decision making abilities and mobility than any previous generation. Why Women Shop provides a fascinating insight into women's shopping habits and motivations. This book is of interest to business as they gain a better understanding of the most powerful economic force in the retail industry. |
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Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior was founded in 1978 by Michael Lamport Commons and John Anthony Nevin. The first president was Richard J. Herrnstein. In the beginning it was called the Harvard Symposium on Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (HSQAB). This society meets once a year to discuss various topic in quantitative analysis of behavior including but not limited to: behavioral economics, behavioral momentum, Connectionist systems or neural networks, hyperbolic discounting, foraging, errorless learning, learning and the RescorlaWagner model, matching law, Melioration, scalar expectancy, signal detection and stimulus control, connectionism or Neural Networks. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/08/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches |
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Essential Animal Behavior $79.95 Essential Animal Behavior provides a comprehensive introduction to all areas of the subject: from the genetic and neurobiological control of behavior to the learning, development, and function of behavior in an evolutionary context. Social behaviour is also covered throughout the text. Written in a concise and engaging style, this new book: includes examples from both marine and terrestrial environments around the world places current research alongside classic examples, and puts the study of animal behavior in an applied context, emphasizing the implications for animal welfare and animal conservation. Carefully designed to meet the needs of students coming to the subject for the first time, the book includes the following features: key concept boxes Focus on boxes chapter summaries guided reading to aid revision and further study case studies and boxed examples that reinforce essential points, and questions for discussion. This book is essential reading for degree-level students following modular programs in biology, zoology, marine biology, and psychology. An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information. |
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Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints $129.95 Provides information on the design and behavior of non-gasketed bolted joints, featuring a chapter on ways to control preload including the developments in ultrasonic and stretch control. This title includes sections on structural steel joins, airframe joints, vibration resistance fasteners, corrosion-resistant coatings, and other aspects. |
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Intelligent Behavior in Animals and Robots $45.5 Intelligence takes many forms. This exciting study explores the novelinsight, based on wellestablished ethological principles, that animals, humans, andautonomous robots can all be analyzed as multitask autonomous control systems.Biological adaptive systems, the authors argue, can in fact provide a betterunderstanding of intelligence and rationality than that provided by traditionalAI.In this technically sophisticated, clearly written investigation of robotanimalanalogies, McFarland and B?sser show that a bees accuracy in navigating on a cloudyday and a moths simple but effective hearing mechanisms have as much to teach usabout intelligent behavior as human models. In defining intelligent behavior, whatmatters is the behavioral outcome, not the nature of the mechanism by which theoutcome is achieved. Similarly, in designing robots capable of intelligent behavior, what matters is the behavioral outcome.McFarland and B?sser address the problem ofhow to assess the consequences of robot behavior in a way that is meaningful interms of the robots intended role, comparing animal and robot in relation torational behavior, goal seeking, task accomplishment, learning, and other importanttheoretical issues.David McFarland is Reader in Animal Behaviour at the Universityof Oxford. Thomas B?sser is Head of the Man Machine Research Group at Westf?lischeWilhelms Universit?t, in M?nster, and a partner in the consulting firm AdvancedConcepts. Author: McFarland, David J./ B?sser, Tom Series Title: Complex Adaptive Systems Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 322 Publication Date: 2003/01/01 Age Level: 22 UP Language: English Dimensions: 7.00 x 9.99 x 0.67 inches |
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Behavior of Pipe Piles in Sand $129 One of the major difficulties in predicting the capacity of pipe piles in sand has resulted from a lack of understanding of the physical processes that control the behavior of piles during installation and loading. This monograph presents a detailed blue print for developing experimental facilities necessary to identify these processes. These facilities include a unique instrumented double-walled pipe-pile that is used to delineate the frictional stresses acting against the external and internal surfaces of the pile. The pile is fitted with miniature pore-pressure transducers to monitor the generation of pore water pressure during installation and loading. A fast automatic laboratory pile hammer capable of representing the phenomena that occur during pile driving was also developed and used. |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Conquering Obsessive Compulsive Behavior $13.99 Practical help for the millions who suffer. Over 6 million Americans and millions more around the world suffer from some degree of obsessive compulsive behavior. For the vast majority of these people, this behavior impacts the quality of their lives. However, OC behavior can be difficult to understand and even harder to change. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Conquering Obsessive Compulsive Behavior is a practical guide created specifically for middle range sufferers to help them overcome OC behavior and take back control of their lives. Millions of people from teens to seniors suffer from OC behavior Written by a well-respected and acknowledged author in this field Heightened awareness of the disorder thanks to the popular TV series Monk |
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Handbook of Materials Behavior Models $1490 This first of a kind reference/handbook deals with nonlinear models and properties of material. In the study the behavior of materials’ phenomena no unique laws exist. Therefore, researchers often turn to models to determine the properties of materials. This will be the first book to bring together such a comprehensive collection of these models. The Handbook deals with all solid materials, and is organized first by phenomena. Most of the materials models presented in an applications-oriented fashion, less descriptive and more practitioner-geared, making it useful in the daily working activities of professionals. The Handbook is divided into three volumes. Volume I, Deformation of Materials, introduces general methodologies in the art of modeling, in choosing materials, and in the “so-called” size effect. Chapters 2-5 deal respectively with elasticity and viscoelasticity, yield limit, plasticity, and visco-plasticity. Volume II, Failures in Materials, provides models on such concerns as continuous damage, cracking and fracture, and friction wear. Volume III, Multiphysics Behavior, deals with multiphysics coupled behaviors. Chapter’s 10 and 11 are devoted to special classes of materials (composites, biomaterials, and geomaterials). The different sections within each chapter describe one model each with its domain of validity, its background, its formulation, the identification of material parameters for as many materials as possible, and advice on how to implement or use the model. The study of the behavior of materials, especially solids, is related to hundreds of areas in engineering design and control. Predicting how a material will perform under various conditions is essential to determining the optimal performance of machines and vehicles and the structural integrity of buildings, as well as safety issues. Such practical examples would be how various new materials, such as those used in new airplane hulls, react to heat or cold or sudden temperature changes, or how new building materials hold up under extreme earthquake conditions. The Handbook of Materials Behavior Models: Gathers together 117 models of behavior of materials written by the most eminent specialists in their field Presents each model’s domain of validity, a short background, its formulation, a methodology to identify the materials parameters, advise on how to use it in practical applications as well as extensive references Covers all solid materials: metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, concrete, wood, rubber, geomaterials such as rocks, soils, sand, clay, biomaterials, etc Concerns all engineering phenomena: elasticity, viscoelasticity, yield limit, plasticity, viscoplasticity, damage, fracture, friction, and wear |
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Eating Behavior and Obesity $65 Obesity is one of the most pressing health issues affecting our country. This unique volume is the first to apply behavioral economics-the integration of psychological and economic knowledge-to the study of eating behavior. The text demonstrates how this discipline can be used to understand why it so difficult for individuals to control their eating habits, and helps readers use this knowledge to create and improve public health nutrition programs and policies. The text examines dietary choices and obesity through a multidisciplinary lens of biological, psychological, and social factors, and draws from the disciplines of behavioral economics, nutrition, public health, and health promotion. Based on the premise that humans are hardwired to make judgment errors and need a "nudge" to make decisions in their best interests, the book argues that increasing consumer well-being requires changing an individual's personal environment. It describes the power of irrational forces that compete with sensible judgment in regard to food choices, and provides strategies for improving decisions and health habits . Highly accessible, the text will be of interest to students, professors, and practitioners in nutrition-related health programs, as well as to public health policy makers. . Key Features:.: Assesses the social determinants that affect nutrition choices, including food availability, nutrition education, income, culture, and other key factors; Demonstrates how flawed decisions and self-control difficulties can affect eating behavior; Provides a valuable framework for improving public health through understanding and changing the way individuals make food decisions; Explains the link between obesity rates and economics of food choice (fast food, food marketing, and social factors); Provides strategies and tools to help people improve their decision-making and health habits ;. Obesity is one of the most pressing health issues affecting our country. This unique volume is the first to apply behavioral economics-the integration of psychological and economic knowledge-to the study of eating behavior. The text demonstrates how this discipline can be used to understand why it so difficult for individuals to control their eating habits, and helps readers use this knowledge to create and improve public health nutrition programs and policies. The text examines dietary choices and obesity through a multidisciplinary lens of biological, psychological, and social factors, and draws from the disciplines of behavioral economics, nutrition, public health, and health promotion. Based on the premise that humans are hardwired to make judgment errors and need a "nudge" to make decisions in their best interests, the book argues that increasing consumer well-being requires changing an individual's personal environment. It describes the power of irrational forces that compete with sensible judgment in regard to food choices, and provides strateg |
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Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain $35 This state-of-the-science volume brings together leading authorities from multiple disciplines to examine the relationship between brain development and behavior in typically developing children. Presented are innovative cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that shed light on brain-behavior connections in infancy and toddlerhood through adolescence. Chapters explore the complex interplay of neurobiological and environmental influences in the development of memory, language, reading, inhibitory control, and other core aspects of cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. Throughout, the volume gives particular attention to what the research reveals about ways to support all children’s learning and healthy development. Illustrations include four pages in full color. |
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Organizational Behavior Management and Statistical Process Control $127.92 This book is in Good Used condition |
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The Evolving Brain: The Mind And the Neural Control of Behavior $63.33 No Synopsis Available |
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Rule-Governed Behavior : Cognition, Contingencies, and Instructional Control $53.58 No Synopsis Available |
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Spatial Orientation: The Spatial Control of Behavior in Animals and Man $65.81 No Synopsis Available |
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Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Actions on Behavior $200 A single volume of 31 articles, Mechanisms of Hormone Actions on Behavior is an authoritative selection of relevant chapters from the Hormones Brain and Behavior 2e MRW, the most comprehensive source of neuroendocrinological information assembled to date (AP June 2009). The study of hormones as they impact the brain and, subsequently, behavior is a central topic in neuroscience, endocrinology and psychiatry. This volume offers an overview of neuroendocrinological topics, approaching the subject from the perspective of the mechanisms which control hormone actions on behavior. Female, male and stress hormones are discussed at the cellular, behavioral and developmental level, and sexual differentiation of the development of hormone-dependent neuronal systems, neuropeptides/neuromodulators, and steroid-inducedneuroplasticity are addressed. There is simply no other current single-volume reference with such comprehensive coverage and depth. Authors selected are the internationally renowned experts for the particular topics on which they write, and the volume is richly illustrated with over 175 figures (over 50 in color). A collection of articles reviewing our fundamental knowledge of the mechanisms of neuroendocrinology, the book provides an essential, affordable reference for researchers, clinicians and graduate students in the area. – The most comprehensive single-volume source of up-to-date data on the mechanisms behind neuroendocrinology, with review articles covering x,y z – Chapters synthesize information otherwise dispersed across a number of journal articles and book chapters, thus saving researchers the time consuming process of finding and integrating this information themselves – Offering outstanding scholarship, each chapter is written by an expert in the topic area and approximately 35% of chapters are written by international contributors – Provides more fully vetted expert knowledge than any existing work with broad appeal for the US, UK and Europe, accurately crediting the contributions to research in those regions – Heavily illustrated with 175 figures, approximately 54 in color – Presents material in most visually useful form for the reader |
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Best Behavior $9.49 Best Behavior |
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Everyday Behavior $8.99 Everyday Behavior |
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Tutorials in Motor Behavior $104 The contributors to this book are all distinguished, internationally-known specialists working in the motor control and learning area. The result is a unique collection of papers that discuss many aspects of this intricate and diverse subject and at the same time manage to provide the reader with a good overview of the major topics. |
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The Cycle of Deviant Behavior $99 Presents a study on criminal and antisocial behaviour. This book presents an integrative theory of deviant behaviour, synthesizing social stress, social control, societal labelling, and other perspectives. It describes the intergenerational cycle of deviant behaviour and identifies the relationship between deviance and its significant correlates. |
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Biologically Inspired Robot Behavior Engineering $317.03 The book presents an overview of current research on biologically inspired autonomous robotics from the perspective of some of the most relevant researchers in this area. The book crosses several boundaries in the field of robotics and the closely related field of artificial life. The key aim throughout the book is to obtain autonomy at different levels. From the basic motor behavior in some exotic robot architectures right through to the planning of complex behaviors or the evolution of robot control structures, the book explores different degrees and definitions of autonomous behavior. These behaviors are supported by a wide variety of modeling techniques: structural grammars, neural networks, and fuzzy logic and evolution underlies many of the development processes. Thus this text can be used by scientists and students interested in these areas and provides a general view of the field for a more general audience. Author: Duro, Richard J./ Santos, Jose/ Grana, Manuel Series Title: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing Series Number: 109 Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 458 Publication Date: 2010/12/15 Language: English Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.93 inches |
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The SelfMedicative Behavior of Sheep $101.96 Domestic animals are disadvantaged whenever they are confined or removed from natural environments. As stewards we manage opportunities for diet and parasite control. We can manage animals more effectively at lower cost by allowing the animals to use naturally occurring secondary compounds to their advantage. The necessary physiology exists and with adequate exposure the learning process can be enhanced. Using tannins to control parasites and enhance intake of highalkaloid plants that can neutralize the negative effects of tannin could be very effective at maintaining animal health while controlling cost. There is also an advantage in planting forages with natural PSM levels because they can survive under stressful extremes including drought and heavy grazing which could help producers meet economic objectives. By taking these more natural management approaches in environmentally sensitive Author: Lisonbee, Larry Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2009/03/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 inches |
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Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior $86.95 This book explores the full consequences of the dissociation between sexual behaviors and reproduction. Among the themes covered is the difference between the stereotyped sexual behaviors in non-human mammals and the astounding variety of human sexual behaviors. The role of learning in shaping sexual behaviors is explained, and it is shown how particular sexual experiences may be at the origin of common human sexual dysfunctions. Chapters on sexual incentives and a summary of the endocrine and central nervous control of sexual behaviors are included. . Analyzes the origin and foundations of some of the myths surrounding sexual behaviors . Highlights how learning shape human sexual behaviors . Provides an overview of the endocrine and neural regulation of mammalian sexual behaviors . Presents a comprehensive analysis of human sexual desire disorders . Employs many entertaining examples for illustrating main points . Written by a scientist thoroughly familiar with the research literature . Presents examples of translational sex research |
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Motor Behavior and Human Skill – 1st Edition (Book) $60.95 Motor Behavior and Human Skill outlines the most recent research in motor control and human skill. The book’s 20 chapters provide a forum for analyses of the many diverse theoretical approaches used in the understanding of motor control, including the cognitive, dynamical systems, computational, and neurological approaches. Written by leading researchers in the field, this wide-ranging book includes something for all who are interested in motor control and behavior, no matter what their discipline. The authors, an international array of experts in the field, describe recent research in motor control and reflect the multidisciplinary approaches to motor behavior.Two special sections on motor development and motor disability are featured, including new findings for intervention programs. One of the concluding chapters, “Has Ecological Psychology Delivered What It Promised?” by Jeff Summers, is followed by four insightful commentaries.Issues in Part I includeattentional and non attentional learning, the interference of distance and location information in motor short-term memory,cognitive strategies, andthe importance of sensory feedback in skill development.An information-processing approach is adopted in Part II through the analysis of motor performance in terms of computational modeling. Research based on the dynamical systems approach is presented in Part III, includingthe important contribution of variability,manual asymmetries and intentional switching in bimanual tasks, andmuscular-skeletal constraints upon coordination dynamics.Part IV reviews recent research on normal and abnormal motor development in infancy and childhood. Part V concerns primarily the application of motor control theories to movement disability. Part VI examines the ongoing debate between the prescriptive approaches and the ecological or dynamical systems approaches. Motor Behavior and Human Skill provides a lively and varied forum for analyzing the many theoretical approaches used to understand motor control, motor learning, and motor development.4/14/1998 copyright, 448 pages. |
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Changes in Sensory Motor Behavior in Aging $210 Recently, studies on aging processes and age-related changes in behavior have been expanding considerably, probably due to the dramatic changes observed in the demographics. This increase in the overall age and proportion of elderly people has heightened the severity of problems associated with the safety and well-being of elderly persons in everyday life. Many researchers working on motor control have thus focused more intensely on the effects of age on motor control. This new avenue of research has led to programs for alleviating or delaying the specific sensory-motor limitations encountered by the elderly (e.g. falls) in an attempt to make the elderly more autonomous. The aggregation of studies from different perspectives is often fascinating, especially when the same field can serve as a common ground between researchers. Nearly all contributors to this book work on sensory-motor aging; they represent a large range of affiliations and backgrounds including psychology, neurobiology, cognitive sciences, kinesiology, neuropsychology, neuropharmacology, motor performance, physical therapy, exercise science, and human development. Addressing age-related behavioral changes can also furnish some crucial reflections in the debate about motor coordination: aging is the product of both maturational and environmental processes, and studies on aging must determine how the intricate interrelationships between these processes evolve. The study of aging makes it possible to determine how compensatory mechanisms, operating on different subsystems and each aging at its own rate, compensate for biological degenerations and changing external demands. This volume will contribute to demonstrating that the study of the aging process raises important theoretical questions. |
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Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to Better Behavior $16.95 “Every child has “ornery” moments, but more than 1 in 20 American children exhibit behavioral problems that are out of control. For readers struggling with an unyielding or combative child, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD: EIGHT STEPS TO BETTER BEHAVIOR offers the understanding and guidance they need. Drawing on Dr. Russell A. Barkley’s many years of work with parents and children, the book clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes a problem, and how it can be resolved. The book’s comprehensive eight-step program stresses consistency and cooperation, promoting changes through a system of praise, rewards, and mild punishment. Readers learn tools and strategies for establishing clear patterns of discipline, communicating with children on a level they can understand, and reducing family stress overall. Filled with helpful charts, questionnaires, and checklists, YOUR DEFIANT CHILD helps parents get their child’s behavior back on track and restore harmony in the home. >” |
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Handbook of Research Methods in Human Operant Behavior $444.48 A host of special methodological issues arise in any discussion of research on human behavior. This practical new volume addresses many of those questions with 19 superb contributions from leading experts in the field. The text evaluates specific strategies and techniques used in laboratory settings, including reinforcement and punishment stimulus control behavioral pharmacology and methodologies concerning verbal and social behavior, among others. The book includes 135 illustrations and a notable Appendix that offers the APAs ethical guidelines for research with human subjects. Author: Lattal, Kennon A./ Perone, Michael Series Title: Applied Clinical Psychology Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 684 Publication Date: 1998/09/01 Language: English Dimensions: 10.33 x 7.44 x 1.77 inches |
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Behavior $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Perceptual Control Theory $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Perceptual control theory (PCT) is a psychological theory of animal and Human behavior originated by unaffiliated scientist William T. Powers. In contrast with other theories of psychology and behavior, which assume that behavior is a function of perception that perceptual inputs determine or cause behavior PCT postulates that an organisms behavior is a means of controlling its perceptions. In contrast with engineering control theory, the reference variable for each negative feedback control loop in a control hierarchy is set from within the system (the organism), rather than by an external agent changing the setpoint of the controller. PCT also applies to nonliving autonomic systems. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2010/08/21 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.22 inches |
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Modeling and Control of Complex Systems $149.95 Comprehension of complex systems comes from an understanding of not only the behavior of constituent elements but how they act together to form the behavior of the whole. This text discusses complex systems such as networks for modeling and control of civil structures, vehicles, robots, biomedical systems, and home automation systems. |
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Behavioral approaches to weight control (Springer series in behavior modification ; v. 3) $6.46 This book is in Good Used condition |
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From genesis to genocide: The meaning of human nature and the power of behavior control $13.2 This book is in Good Used condition |
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