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  Domestication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Domestication is a phenomenon whereby a wild biological organism is habituated to survive in the company of, or by the labor of, human beings.
Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective behaviour, life cycle, or physiology has been altered as a result of their breeding and living conditions under careful human control for multiple generations.
Humans have brought these populations under their care for a wide range of reasons: for help with various types of work, to produce food or valuable commodities (such as wool, cotton, or silk), and to enjoy as pets or ornamental plants.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Domestication   (2260 words)

  
 The IR Theory Knowledge Base
Behaviorism refers to the ideas held by those behavioral scientists who consider only observed behavior as relevant to the scientific enterprise and who reject what they consider to be metaphysical notions of "mind" or "consciousness" (Viotti, P. and M. Kauppi, (eds.).
Like balance-of-power, collective security works on the assumption that any potential aggressor would be deterred by the prospect of joint retaliation, but it goes beyond the military realm to include a wider array of security problems.
Its prime focus is on the transformation of three basic parameters: one at the micro level of individuals, another at the micro-macro level where individuals and their collectivities interact, and the third is at the macro level of collectivities and their global structures.
www.irtheory.com /know.htm   (7356 words)

  
 NANOROBOTICS CONTROL DESIGN AND 3D SIMULATION
Collective Robotics Coherent Behaviour for Nanosystems with Sensor-Based Neural Motion”, IEEE - Int’l Conf.
Nanorobotics control design: A collective behavior approach for medicine, in Toward the emergence of nanoneurosurgery: Part III - Nanomedicine: Targeted nanotherapy, nanosurgery, and progress toward the realization of nanoneurosurgery, Neurosurgery, June 2006.
Nanorobotics control design: a collective behavior approach for medicine, in A Review of Research in the Field of Nanorobotics, Sandia Report, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US Department of Energy, October 2005.
www.nanorobotdesign.com   (2062 words)

  
 The Ultimate Domestication Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective behavior, life cycle, or physiology has been altered as a result of their breeding and living conditions being under human control for multiple generations.
Some researchers give credit to mutations outside of human control for making some members of a species more compatible to human cultivation or companionship.
These foxes no longer showed any fear of humans and often wagged their tails and lick their human caretakers to show affection.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Domestication   (1952 words)

  
 sociology - Definitions from Dictionary.com
The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
Analysis of a social institution or societal segment as a self-contained entity or in relation to society as a whole.
: the science of society, social institutions, and social relationships; specifically : the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings
dictionary.reference.com /search?q=sociology   (198 words)

  
 Open Directory - Kids and Teens: People and Society: Psychology
Includes ancient, medieval/renaissance, and modern thought; behaviorism, cognition, intelligence testing, personality, and social psychology.
Includes what risk and risk-taking behavior are, chemical changes in the brain, how theories have changed, and psychological profiles of risk-takers.
Includes theories and methods, nature versus nurture, self-needs, belief systems, emotions, and collective behavior.
dmoz.org /Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Psychology   (1077 words)

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