Marren, a keen naturalist, understands such sinister representations of collectors, however: "It could be considered obsessive, narrow-minded behaviour, and it features death and clinical things such as gas [in jars to kill them], shiny pins and helpless fluttering insects – you could easily make a nightmare out of it.
Why is such idiotically narrow minded behaviour so prevalent?
A possible reason for these shortcomings might be the individual behavioural orientation in lifestyle interventions and the narrow understanding of behaviour as individual rational choice abstracted from the context in which it takes place.
Autism spectrum conditions are neurodevelopmental and cause impairments of social communication alongside unusually repetitive behaviour, narrow interests and resistance to change.
Managing the constant rule breaching by their children led parents to occupy an extraordinary space; one occupied by other groups who deviate from the narrow rules governing behaviour in public space (see, for example, Cahill, 1987; Lenny and Sercombe, 2002).
They further explained that strong systemizing might account for some of the non-social deficits found in autism, including repetitive behaviour, narrow repertoire of interests or resistance to change.
Part of the problem, admitted one officer, is that a narrow focus on criminal behaviour sometimes misses the big picture.
The paper addresses the design and behaviour of narrow cast in-situ joints between precast concrete elements in which continuity of reinforcement is achieved through overlapping headed bars.
He warned "the EBacc shows the dangers of using narrow statistics to drive behaviour, rather than engaging with the profession in a dialogue about the aims of education, a dialogue which could ensure greater enthusiasm and avoid mistakes in implementation".
Rather than students conforming to a narrow sense of appropriate behaviour, a dialogue needs to be set up between what students bring and what the institution expects, in order to evolve innovative spaces within the curriculum.
