Quotes About Behavior

Contempt is one of four behaviors that, statistically, can predict divorce in married couples.

Most primates, including humans, are intensely social, and there are very few instances of lone primates surviving in the wild.

Boehm's research has led him to believe that much of the evolutionary basis for moral behavior stems from group pressure. Not only are bad actions punished, but good actions are rewarded.

Subsistence-level hunters aren't necessarily more moral than other people; they just can't get away with selfish behavior because they live in small groups where almost everything is open to scrutiny.

success had bred confidence; confidence had blurred into complacency; complacency had caused human beings to behave awfully.

Great design = getting people to do what you want.

In the case of personality, most psychologists agree that there are five traits that are essential in how people look at us: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability.

When in doubt, assume that people will act according to their current irrational urges, ignoring information that runs counter to their beliefs, trading long-term for short-term benefits and most of all, being influenced by the culture they identify with.

Instead of trying to use your technology and expertise to make a better product for your users' standard behavior, experiment with inviting the users to change their behavior to make the product work dramatically better.

If religion comprises rules you follow, faith is demonstrated by the actions you take.

Marketerii nu realizeaz? lucruri mediocre pentru oameni mediocri. Ei determin? schimb?ri, ?i asta prin normalizarea unor comportamente noi.

Normalization creates culture, and culture drives our choices, which leads to more normalization.

Los profesionales del marketing no crean productos y servicios normales y corrientes para gente corriente. Los profesionales del marketing hacen realidad el cambio. Y lo hacen normalizando nuevas conductas.

When you market to someone who doesn't have a pattern yet, you don't have to persuade them that their old choices were mistakes.

Everyone always acts in accordance with their internal narratives. You can't get someone to do something that they don't want to do, and most of the time, what people want to do is take action (or not take action) that reinforces their internal narratives.

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

You can get the measure of a man by observing the way he treats his animals

You don't like it?" she asked. "I do. But you make me forget that I must behave." Lorrie looked into his eyes, which were a shade darker than the summer sky she was used to. "Oh, don't behave. I am so weary of always behaving." "Good.

What had he done to her? How did he know how to do that? Probably better if she didn't try to find the answer to that question. Probably better if she didn't allow herself to keep thinking the next: when would he do it again? He was a wicked man. She wasn't so innocent as not to understand his last comment. Surely the Church frowned on that sort of behavior.

In a way, we're all addicts by nature.

We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability, and engage in mindful behavior

All of our actions can signify self-love or self-sabotage

Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation.

Every person has the potential to be unpleasant and harmful, just as every person has the potential to be pleasant and helpful.