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Behavior Quotes by Steven Pinker
- Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any…
- When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. To…
- Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is…
- Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter…
- Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is…
More Behavior Quotes
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. — Ezra Taft Benson
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a person we… — B.F. Skinner
- A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns… — B.F. Skinner
- That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior. — B.F. Skinner
- Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
- When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall