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Paulson, Terry L. – Management Dialogue, 1983
Four areas of procrastination discussed in this article are: (1) the perfection trap; (2) the need to avoid avoidance; (3) the completion trap; and (4) the failure to prioritize. Included are an explanation of each area, examples of reasons people put off tasks, and methods of coping with procrastination. (EM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies
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Bandura, Albert – Journal of Communication, 1978
Suggests that violent activities occur not because of reduced self-control, but because cognitive skills and self-control are used through moral justifications and self-exonerative devices in the service of destructive causes. Threats to human welfare are generally brought about by deliberate acts of principle rather than by unrestrained acts of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Learning Processes
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Zener, Rita Schaefer – NAMTA Journal, 1999
Defines normalization and deviations in child development. Discusses the three different levels in the normalization process. Asserts that guiding the process of normalization should drive the practice of Montessori education. Concludes that whenever there are brief episodes of normalization, the true nature of the child shows itself. (JS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Westby, Carol E.; Cutler, Susan K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), which is conceptualized as a lack of behavioral inhibition or self-regulation, is reviewed. The article examines the relationship between ADHD and language delays/disorders, possible language and social-emotional cognitive underpinnings for pragmatic and metacognitive deficits in ADHD children,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development
Wayson, William W.; Pinnell, Gay Su – 1982
To understand and deal with student behavior, we must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and events in the world around the student; that students have learned personal ways of relating to those objects and events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier and more productive to alter those objects and events than to change…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns