Sentence examples for neutralisation behaviour from inspiring English sources
They tested whether this training influenced participants' later responses to an OC-stressor task (a task designed to elicit distress and urges to engage in a compulsion or neutralisation behaviour).
Although students may be aware of the unethical nature of academically dishonest behaviour, techniques of neutralisation offer one theoretical explanation for their justification of unethical behaviours (Sykes and Matza 1957).
Relevant characteristics such as setting time, unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and leaching behaviour assessed by acid neutralisation capacity (ANC), monolithic and granular leaching tests were examined in light of the UK landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) for disposal.
According to neutralisation theory, individuals who would normally experience guilt when engaging in delinquent behaviour can effectively 'neutralise' this guilt by engaging in a number of methods, such as denying responsibility and denying that any injury has been caused (Sykes and Matza 1957).
It may also be of value to assess other forms of neutralisation (e.g., crossing out or re-phrasing sentences) and to include checking behaviours (weight or mirror checking) to unpick this effect further.
They deployed a neutralisation strategy and frankly it worked".
He discovered further IEDs and carried out manual neutralisation.
The demand for globalised speech has led to the creation of specialised institutes for accent neutralisation.
Wilson said Griffiths would always try to deflect blame on to his former partner – a psychological trick called neutralisation.
