Sentence examples for shaping behavior and from inspiring English sources

Genuine conservatism, in Jacobson's view, has a number of strengths: It recognizes "the importance of material incentives in shaping behavior, and the difficulty in keeping bureaucracies under control and responsive to citizens".

Reicher and Haslam say this is a unique chance to test "social identity theory," which posits that group identity can override individual personality in shaping behavior and may help explain how group pressure can lead to racism and terrorism.

Earth told me that the goal of the site is not to "shape behavior," and that, even if it were, proscription would be the wrong approach: "If you say no to one drug, you're essentially saying yes to all the others".

This previous research therefore provides a framework that facilitates teaching students about how evolution can shape behavior, and specifically cooperative behavior.

Concern about the societal impact of AI is rising up political agendas as it becomes clearer how much power autonomous technologies have to shape behavior and outcomes at scale.

Our design highlights the value of boundary experiments in understanding how market institutions shape behavior, and our findings help delineate the limits of the double auction institution to generate competitive outcomes.

Early sexual abuse can't shape orientation, but it can shape behavior and confuse individuals as to their real orientation.

Researchers also found that people were more inclined to like a relatively bland image if they saw that many of their friends had liked it—suggesting how peer influence can shape behavior and opinion on social media.

Use of technology to objectively evaluate context-specific behavior would add much to our understanding of the mechanisms through which built environment may shape behavior, and vice versa (39).

"Success will be less a matter of imposing one's will and more a function of shaping behavior of friends, adversaries, and most importantly, the people in between," he said.

One of the theory's most important contributions is its identification of the role of norms in motivating and shaping behavior.