Listen for beliefs that motivate apparently confusing behaviors.
The letter, sent to Senators Joseph I. Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, and Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, justified the dismissal on several grounds, including what it said was Mr. Walpin's "confused, disoriented" behavior at a meeting of the agency's board on May 20, when, according to the letter, he was unable to respond to questions.
In the 8th grade, he began acting confused, his behavior became more erratic with episodes of anger and violence, and he reported hearing voices and "beeping noises".
For piety's sake, Kate never finds him less than lovable, however confusing his behavior.
There are certainly signs that Justice Stevens has had a special rapport with Justice Kennedy, though it would be easy to confuse strategic behavior and persuasion.
What I learned from these cases was that what sometimes looks like dementia or Alzheimer's can have an identifiable and treatable cause, and that we must not confuse eccentric behavior with the truly bizarre.
I personally have heard college administrators confuse "sexual behavior" with "sexual assault".
For Question 20 in particular (P = 13%), students have retained the misconception displayed in the pretest (individual chromosomes can contain genetic material from both parents; 70% of students answering incorrectly chose this answer on the posttest) suggesting that students are confusing the behavior of chromosomes in mitosis versus meiosis.
"My lawyer has been sort of confused by my behavior," Ms. Van Voast said of Mr. Schwartz, who was assigned to the case only on Wednesday.
"While I was led to believe that Gates was lawfully in the residence," Sergeant Crowley wrote in the report, "I was quite surprised and confused with the behavior he exhibited toward me".
