tagged w/ Human behavior
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Yesterday morning while I was in the gym, I saw this footage over and over and over again on the national news. Even with my language barrier, it’s not difficult to figure out what was happening nor what the eventual outcome would be.Yesterday morning while I was in the gym, I saw this footage over and over and over... more
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Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant for human behavior has been unclear.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100114153002.htmStudying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological... more
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Referring to the 1st edition of Woofers in 2006:
"This delightfully whimsical book from photographer Paul Treacy highlights our fascination and deep love for dogs. This fine collection of color and black and white images expertly captures their amusing canine antics and heartwarming, expressive faces as they accompany their human counterparts in their daily lives in cities and towns around the world. Woofers will bring a smile to your face."
Shutterbug Magazine
December 2006Referring to the 1st edition of Woofers in 2006:
"This delightfully whimsical... more
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Hello Everyone, Welcome to our radio show!
Today the discussion is about Human Behavior with these questions;
- Is lack of empathy a costly epidemic negatively affecting peoples Lives and the environment of this Country?
by stopnoiseHello Everyone, Welcome to our radio show!
Today the discussion is about Human... more
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Never in my lifetime did I think I would read the headlines I am reading now. I truly am saddened by this because it is just one event in a chain of events suggesting that the human race needs a wake up call.
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Kenya has been losing 100 lions a year for the past seven years, leaving the country with just 2000 of its famous big cats, says the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) — which concludes the country could have no wild lions at all in 20 years. Conservationists have blamed habitat destruction, disease and conflict with humans for the population collapse.
But Laurence Frank, a wildlife biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, thinks the KWS estimate is optimistic. "Lions are disappearing so fast from Kenya, as well as the rest of Africa, that I think they will disappear [from Kenya] in less than 10 years if action is not taken very quickly," says Frank, who runs several lion conservation projects in the country.
The IUCN suggests that large lion populations of 50 to 100 prides are necessary to conserve genetic diversity and avoid inbreeding.
Frank says that the decline of the big cats is due to the inexorable growth in human population and consequent conflict with people over livestock, rather than disease.Never in my lifetime did I think I would read the headlines I am reading now. I truly... more
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Madmen and Dreamers presents: "The Children Of Children", which is a Rock Musical whose subject touches nearly everyone in the Western World! It's about divorce and its ultimate casualties: the "Children".
This emotional story, about one father’s refusal to divorce his children...., a family divided, as he tries to save his relationships with his children....., of a parent who never gave up...., of survival, growth, and triumph!!! *****GREAT REVIEWS!
Opening at the Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker Street, N.Y.C.
Friday December 12, 2008 10:30 p.m., AND every Friday thru December of 2008!
Tickets are $25.00 and up, and you can go to the link for Telecharge to purchase them. Hurry and get those seats! They will sell out quickly!
I’ve seen this twice….very moving! THIS IS OUR STORY PEOPLE!!
Telecharge link for tickets:
http://www.telecharge.com/go.aspx?MD=102&PID=7139&AID=OBW000713900
The Lee P.A.S. Foundation will post the link for information and tickets as well, on all their sites, calendars, and blogs. www.theleepasfoundation.org.
For Further information on the performance, please check out www.madmen-and-dreamers.comMadmen and Dreamers presents: "The Children Of Children", which is a Rock... more
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Research finds that children are born with a natural disposition to empathize with others.
The study showed that empathy appeared to be "hard-wired" into the brains of normal children and was not entirely the product of nurturing or good parenting.
Further findings conclude that this was only true with boys. Girls seem to born naturally mean and like animals may not have souls !! . ha ha... ok .. the last part I made up !!!I
Anyway, I liked this info, shows that maybe we humans might not be born bad.
Research finds that children are born with a natural disposition to empathize with... more
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"Mankind’s inner chimpanzee refuses to let go. This matters to everything from economics to law.
The endowment effect was controversial for years. The idea that a squishy, irrational bit of human behaviour could affect the cold, clean and rational world of markets was a challenge to neoclassical economists. Their assumption had always been that individuals act to maximize their welfare (the defining characteristic of economic man, or Homo economicus). The value someone puts on something should not, therefore, depend on whether he actually owns it. But the endowment effect has been seen in hundreds of experiments, the most famous of which found that students were surprisingly reluctant to trade a coffee mug they had been given for a bar of chocolate, even though they did not prefer coffee mugs to chocolate when given a straight choice between the two.
The endowment effect has nothing to do with wealth or transaction costs. Not even emotional attachment, whatever that means, can really be called in as an explanation, since the effect is both instantaneous and sometimes felt even by those who buy and sell for a living.
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To put flesh on the idea, Dr Jones and Dr Brosnan have been trying to overcome Smith’s observation by training chimpanzees to trade. In 2006 Keith Chen of Yale University showed that capuchin monkeys could learn to do so, and also seemed to exhibit the endowment effect. Chimps, it turns out, can manage to truck too. In the chimp study, tubes of peanut butter and frozen juice bars were used. Both treats were designed to be difficult to eat quickly. This makes it possible for animals that would otherwise consume any food they were given at the first opportunity at least to consider the idea of an exchange.
When presented with a choice, 60% of the chimps preferred peanut butter to juice. However, when they were endowed with peanut butter, 80% of them chose to keep it instead of exchanging it for juice. It was as if the peanut butter became more valuable as soon as it was possessed. And an opposite endowment effect was observed when the chimps were given juice.
All in all, the rational conclusion is that humans are irrational animals."
-economist.com
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11579107
"Mankind’s inner chimpanzee refuses to let go. This matters to everything... more
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Find out how well you can tell a real smile from a fake smile. It will only take 10 minutes and in the end you'll be surprised about how you scored. Turns out it's not a bad thing to be a bad judge of smiles!Find out how well you can tell a real smile from a fake smile. It will only take 10... more
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