Psychologists use the term behavior all the time and more than one current textbook defines psychology as the science of behavior. Yet there is enormous and ongoing confusion regarding what, exactly, ...

What do animal behaviorists—ethologists—mean by the word “behavior?” It turns out that this is a nontrivial question, and one that ethologists have grappled with for some time. Early ethologists like ...

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...

Nicholas Long, Ph.D., 87, of Hagerstown knows how difficult it can be to react to those with passive-aggressive behavior. As a way to empower others on how to deal with such personalities, Long along ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These three repeatable behaviors convert individual effort into organizational momentum by transforming observations into ...