Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...that celebration of the Christian Christmas in the U.S. is coming more & more to resemble the pagan behavior that St. Paul warned against in his letter to the Romans. Last week, from pulpits across the nation, came warnings that holiday celebrations-particularly office parties-are getting out of hand...
...could our "wonder drugs" and advanced surgical techniques be perfected for human use? It is no sadistic thrill that impels researchers to animal experimentation, but a necessary caution lest an unproved drug cause human illness or death. Psychologists have likewise found laboratory animals useful for investigations into pain, behavior...
...Lexington Avenue, bought about $70 worth of titles, mostly on atomic energy, the H-bomb and air power. Later they came back for $80 worth more, including Vogue's Book of Etiquette, which would keep them posted on such nice points as Manners in Public Places, Behavior of a Debutante, "One World" Etiquette, Fox Hunting, On Being Entertained at the White House...
...hundred yards down the river. There, women are allowed in rooms until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and until 9 on Sundays. There are no requirements concerning chaperones or signing in. As the rules put it: "We do not attempt to describe by means of rules what behavior should prevail when girls are present as guests. The only official request is that the students conduct themselves in a manner acceptable to other guests and to the other students in the dormitory...
Speaking from the sociologist's view-point, George G. Homans '32, associate professor of Sociology, indicated that too many sociologists are trying to make practical application and are neglecting broad research into human behavior. The urge to get immediate results may be "fatal" to the accumulation of knowledge, he warned...