Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Nine-and ten-year-olds tended to list murder as the prime example of serious sin, but several sophisticates cited "committing adultery." In this age-group, serious sinning took in a wide range of behavior, from "throwing snowballs at Granny" to "pushing children in front of cars"; from "trampling flowers" to "setting fire to a hospital or a big old folks' home...
...eligible for the A.A.U. meet, which accepts qualified foreigners. At this point, should he make a fast time in his heat of the 1,500 meters. Yang still had an outside chance of breaking Johnson's newly set world record. When Yang began to falter. Johnson's behavior was characteristic. From the sidelines he cried encouragement: "Keep going! Keep going! It's almost over!" Lifted by Johnson's cheers. Yang finished with the fine score of 8,426 points to pass Kuznetsov-but still short of Johnson's record. That night Johnson sent a telegram...
...former New York City magistrate, argues for a major overhaul of U.S. sex laws in the current Duke University law review. Says he: "American men and women are continually upon the move. They should not be exposed to the risk of being branded felons in one state for sexual behavior that may be legally innocuous in another." Examples of state-to-state variations...
Besides these disparities among state laws, Ploscowe is bothered "by the gulf between the laws and what he thinks are the prevailing U.S. patterns of sexual behavior as shown by Kinsey-type reports. "Sex offense legislation presently on the books," says Ploscowe, "is largely unenforceable, and much of this legislation does a great deal more harm than good. Few branches of the law have shown such a wide divergence between actual human behavior and stated legal norms...
Thinking back on their past behavior, NSA conceded that it was a bit odd. Martin, son of an Ellensburg, Wash. accountant, made a hobby of hypnotizing people. Mitchell, son of a Eureka, Calif. lawyer, was under psychiatric treatment...