Quotes About Interaction

Legs and fins don't necessarily show that one animal was interacting with others. Claws, in contrast, have little ambiguity.

Is science a fundamentally cooperative enterprise, or is it a fundamentally competitive one in which scientists are out for personal advancement? According to Hull (and also Merton), science runs on a combination of cooperation and competition. Neither is fundamental, and the special features of science are due to an interaction between the two. This interaction arises from the reward system found in science and the context in which the reward system operates.

Once the same chemicals are being sensed and produced, there is the possibility of coordination between cells. We have reached the birth of social behavior.

We have to remember that we are not just giving students feedback; we are also teaching them to provide it.

knowledge is constructed, and that people play an active role in its construction.

We can keep the tests and other potentially distracting elements in mind, but we have to keep our heads up further than that as we deal with the moment-to-moment interactions with students.

There is no question that "discourse penetrates a fair way into the perceptual system" (Harre and Gillet 1994, p. 169).

Wat ik ooit voor mezelf heb gedacht is niets; ik ben niet meer dan wat me gelukt is tegen jullie te zeggen.

Who's calling? Don't insult me like that, the voice says. I stop. Was I just insulting?

a foreigner often feels most foreign while witnessing the early education of another culture.

Do you have places like this in your country? Wang Yumei asked. I tried to imagine having a reunion with my friends in America and picking up a random foreigner and spending the day with him, simply out of curiosity and kindness. No,...

Wang Chaosu shouted everything at me, the way many Americans do when they meet foreigners with bad English.

Game theory says that the true source of uncertainty lies in the intentions of others.

Aly hugging me, and me not hugging back, which was awkward beyond belief. I tried to wrap my arms around her but they collided in midair trying to find a place to settle, until my back plowed into the side of an open door. "Are you two all right?" Cass said. "Or is this Zombie Dance Night at the hospital?" Aly and I let go of each other. I could feel my face burning.

She's hot and smart," Marco said. "So, you think she's hot, too?" Aly said. Daria turned to Marco with a smile. "Not hot. Is cool in the morning." I looked at the ground to avoid cracking up.

Aly put hers on top of mine. "I feel it." I flinched, yanking my hand back. "What happened?" Aly said. "Nothing," I said. "You startled me." Aly narrowed her eyes at me. "You're turning red." "No, I'm not." I turned away. "You . . . said you felt something. What did you feel?" "Warmth," she said. I swallowed. "Warmth?

What is that instrument?" Aly asked the head guard. When he returned a blank stare, she pantomimed playing the instrument. "A zither?" "Santur," he said.

When people in organizations focus only on their position, they have little sense of responsibility for the results produced when all positions interact. Moreover, when results are disappointing, it can be very difficult to know why. All you can do is assume that "someone screwed up.

Not only this, but churches are ideological in that they create their own constellation of beliefs and practices that tell their congregants how to think and behave. A denomination, for instance, will offer dogmas, doctrines, and rituals that to a greater or lesser extent let everyone know how to interact with the world.

The most effective nos are the least complicated. The more details you supply, the more likely the other person will challenge you or try to change your mind.

The family that plays together.

That year I stopped pacing along the sidelines during games because I noticed that whenever I got agitated, Dennis would become hyperactive. And if I argued with a ref, it would only give him license to do the same. So I decided to become as quiet and restrained as possible. I didn't want to set Dennis off, because once he got agitated, there was no telling what he might do. —

The plant-man said, 'I've observed that when a human is dealing with another, he's usually logical only if he's advancing his self-interests or has a desire to hurt or put down the other. Is this one of those situations?

Men and the world are mutually toxic to each other.