conventional behaviour

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• conventional — con|ven|tion|al W3 [kənˈvenʃənəl] adj 1.) [only before noun] a conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type ▪ Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• conventional — [[t]kənve̱nʃən(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal. ...a respectable married woman with conventional opinions. Ant: unconventional Derived words: conventionally ADV GRADED… …   English dictionary

• conventional — adjective /kənˈvɛnʃənl/ a) Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour. The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and… …   Wiktionary

• collective behaviour — ▪ psychology Introduction       the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behaviour tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group… …   Universalium

• aggressive behaviour — Any action of an animal intended to injure an opponent or prey animal or to cause an opponent to retreat. Aggression may be caused by various stimuli. Within its own group, an animal must display aggressive postures to maintain its position… …   Universalium

• human behaviour — Introduction       the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life.       Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …   Universalium

• Anti-Social Behaviour Order — An Anti Social Behaviour Order or ASBO (pronEng|ˈæzbəʊ) in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2006/1229/breaking9.htm Asbos come into force on Monday] The Irish Times news report, 29 December …   Wikipedia

• sexuality and behaviour — Chinese have long been perceived as prudish about sex, a judgment at odds with the culture’s rich textual history of erotica and pornography, but very strictly in keeping with the administered sexual Puritanism of the Chinese Communist Party.… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• Strain theory (sociology) — In criminology, the strain theory states that social structures within society may encourage citizens to commit crime. Following on the work of Émile Durkheim, Strain Theories have been advanced by Merton (1938), Cohen (1955), Cloward and Ohlin… …   Wikipedia

• Social control theory — In criminology, Social Control Theory as represented in the work of Travis Hirschi fits into the Positivist School, Neo Classical School, and, later, Right Realism. It proposes that exploiting the process of socialization and social learning… …   Wikipedia

• Lowell, Amy — born Feb. 9, 1874, Brookline, Mass., U.S. died May 12, 1925, Brookline U.S. critic and poet. Born into the prominent Lowell family of Boston, she devoted herself to poetry at age 28 but published nothing until 1910. Her first volume, A Dome of… …   Universalium