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	<title>The Behaviour Effect &#187; human</title>
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		<title>Still creating hysteria &#8211; Happy 75th!</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2010/01/14/still-creating-hysteria-happy-75th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever been in an environment which has influenced your behaviour?  Gotten carried away with the crowd?  Elvis who would have celebrated his 75th birthday last Friday, 8th January certainly witnessed those that were influenced and most certainly did get carried away!

In the 1950's frenzied and fevered were words frequently used to describe the groups of people (mainly women) who went to watch Elvis sing.... and of course gyrate his hips.  Scenes of hysteria and complete abandon were common place.  When Elvis walked on stage, women screamed, fainted, cried, shrieked and wet their pants.  The result was often so hysterical that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Guard, State Police and the City Police couldn't contain those involved.  On a number of occasions Elvis had to stop the show!

What creates this hysteria?]]></description>
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		<title>Laughing &#8211; the new social wizz kid</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/12/07/laughing-the-new-social-wizz-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. The first laughter appears at about 3.5 to 4 months of age, long before we’re able to speak.  Laughter, like crying, is a way for an infant to interact with the caregivers.

Like smiling we don’t have to learn how to laugh, we just do. We’re born with the capacity to laugh.  But we cannot just decide to laugh, its very hard to laugh on command or to fake it.  A bit like a fake smile, a fake laugh can be detected quite easily by another person....and for anyone that has tried to stop laughing or hide an 'inappropriate' laugh in a meeting...you'll know how difficult that can be!

Are you known for your laugh?]]></description>
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		<title>Your personality, your culture&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/24/your-personality-your-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/24/your-personality-your-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What type of person are you?  What type of humour do you have? What are the stories you tell others about yourself? Do you have a certain way of doing things?  These are the things that make up your personality, various elements which combined are greater than the sum of the parts.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m sorry.</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/21/im-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/21/im-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mistakes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you always right? When did you last make a mistake?  Did you apologise?

We are all human and as a result we are all prone to mistakes.  Being a Partner in a large corporate firm or a business owner orsomeone's manager does not automatically remove the capability of being in the wrong or handling situations incorrectly. But do we ever admit it?  Are we conscious of not seeming to have made a bad choice?

Do those we work with appreciate more the person who owns up when they are wrong or the person who refuses to admit that there may have been a better and more effective way of doing something?  Naturally, we are hesitate to admit we have made a mistake, we do not want other to form an impression of our incompetence.]]></description>
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		<title>I sense that you&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/16/i-sense-that-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/16/i-sense-that-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barnum effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself.  I sense that sometimes you are insecure especially with people you don't know. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.  You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. You're having problems with a friend or relative.  At times you have serious doubts whether you have made the right decision or done the right things. You have a box of old, unsorted photographs in your house.  Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, yout end to be worrisome and insecure on the inside.  You prefer a certain amount of change and cariety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations.  You also pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statemens without satisfactory proof.  But you have  found it unwise to be frank in revealing yourself to others.  At times you are extroverted, affable and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary and reserved.  Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic."

Am I right?  Did you recognise yourself in the above description?]]></description>
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		<title>Someone is watching you</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/13/someones-watching-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/13/someones-watching-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cause & Effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[behaviour change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much of an impact do you believe someone watching you has on your behaviour?  Does it matter who is watching?
Research completed by Newcastle university demonstrated that people put almost 3 times the amount of money into an honesty box for hot drinks when the poster with prices featured eyes rather than flowers.
As humans, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilt?</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/13/guilt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/13/guilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst reading a light-hearted book on philosophy by Peter Cave I came across this rather interesting example of actions, intentions and their consequences.
Three singers, June, Gill and Jon, are treking across the desert.  June and Gill dislike Jon but have not voiced their dislike to each other.  They each and separately decide to kill him.
June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inattention</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/12/inattention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/12/inattention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cause & Effect]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever been distracted?  What was it that distracted you?  What was the consequence?
It is one of the easiest things in the world to become distracted.  To not pay full attention to what we are doing at any one point in time.  We have other things on our mind.  Something catches the corner of our eye.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The uncontrollable twitch</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/11/the-uncontrollable-twitch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/11/the-uncontrollable-twitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most reading this post will know the difference between a &#8216;genuine&#8217; smile and a &#8216;fake&#8217; smile.  If it&#8217;s genuine then you see it in their eyes.   The famous Mona Lisa&#8217;s enigmatic smile is more obvious if you just look at the eyes, which is in part the reason it is seen as enigmatic.  But confidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seat stealing</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/06/seat-stealing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/11/06/seat-stealing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aggression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot desk]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two men at a seminar.  One returns to his seat to find the other man sitting there. They insult each other. Throw coffee and water over each other. Then resort to pushing and punching.   Police called.  Men arrested.  Courtroom battle ensues.
This is a true story in the news today!
Witnesses claim that it was the original [...]]]></description>
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