Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...mankind's nature, he has no compunctions about literally beating the Devil out of people. He bashes a madman with a crucifix, throws "holy" ammonia water in the eyes of an attacker, and makes Hitler abhorrent to a Nazi official through a crude but effective method of behavior modification known as the third degree...
When Anna 2 as a dancer wants to show off her art, Anna 1 convinces her that if she wants to earn money she'd better show off her body instead. Later, as an actress, Anna 2 grows angry at her director's martinet-like behavior, but her sister explains to her that anger against injustice won't do for a girl who's trying to make it in the world. In the longest section of The Seven Deadly Sins, Anna 1 argues with and then manipulates her sister to prevent her from putting aside a rich lover...
Even so, the earth's behavior is becoming much less mysterious. As late as 1750, the Bishop of London told his flock that two recent quakes were warnings from an angry deity. Today, scientists prefer another explanation, an all-encompassing view of the earth known as the theory of plate tectonics. It holds that the planet's surface consists of a dozen or so restless plates, each about 70 miles thick. Their movements explain volcanoes, the rise of mountains and the drift of continents. They account for quakes as well, most of which seem to occur where...
...right, class, settle down. Today, for our course on human behavior, we are pleased to have three distinguished guests who will present a lecture and demonstration on the way man's brain determines man's actions. The seminar will be led by Dr. Henri Laborit, the Paris physician and biologist who has documented the source of aggression in all mammals-from white rats up through the most sophisticated human beings. To illustrate his thesis with scenes from the lives of three ordinary people, we have engaged the services of Jean Gruault, who has written some of the finest...
What has sparked renewed interest in these procedures is growing evidence that they can indeed alter behavior. Originally, the goals were modest: the relief of pain caused by a misaligned Dick Tracy jaw, for example, or the treatment of constant drooling by a deformed inmate who could not close his mouth. But as Bear and Joy told a conference of their colleagues in San Francisco, these operations often pay dividends for society. Joy points with pride to a once unpopular prisoner at Virginia State Penitentiary, an antisocial murderer who, after surgery to correct a grossly protruding jaw, finally...