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	Normal (behavior) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In behavior, normal means not deviating very much from the average.
		Examples of "normality" are mainstream, temperance, vanilla sex, equilibrium, stability, reality, peace, health, middle way; contrast these with eccentricity, perversion, paraphilia, intersexual, disease, disability, mental illness, addiction, war, crime, fantasy, dream, hallucination, illusion.
		Some terms could fit in both lists, for example boredom: too much "normality" can be boring, but boredom is a kind of suffering, which can be considered "not normal".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Normal_(behavior) (186 words)

	Medem: Medical Library: Development and Behavior
		Children also often resort to negative behavior such as regressing or being very disobedient in order to communicate feelings that they otherwise cannot express, or in response to the belief that their feelings are not being acknowledged by their parents.
		In addition, "normal" behavior is in part determined by the context in which it occurs - that is, by the particular situation and time, as well as by the child's own particular family values and expectations, and cultural and social background.
		Other behavior is considered a problem when parents feel that people are judging them for their child's behavior; this leads to an inconsistent response from the parents, who may tolerate behavior at home that they are embarrassed by in public.
	www.medem.com /MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ8QW1A79C&sub_cat=21 (1258 words)

	Psych 200 Unit 11 Module 1
		Behavior that is considered acceptable and normal in one society or community is considered unacceptable and abnormal in another.
		Behaviors that are acceptable to society as a whole are called social norms In contemporary American society, it is generally acceptable to live in families composed of two parents and their children, to send the children to school rather than to work, and to depend more on the husband than the wife for family income.
		Normal behavior is defined, for the most part, in terms of the society in which the person lives.
	online.sfsu.edu /~psych200/unit11/111.htm (1854 words)

	Normal Behavior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Normal development in a puppy is characterized by five main periods.
		Mating behavior in the dog begins with the dog investigating the bitch’s anogenital area.
		Normal behavior in a dog includes barking, howling, digging, biting chewing, mounting, marking territory with urine and feces, roaming, guarding, growling, attempting to establish dominance, protecting food, sleeping areas and offspring, etc Most problems that arise from dog ownership and interaction are a result of an expression of normal behavior.
	loudoun.nv.cc.va.us /vetonline/vet116/Dogs/dogbehavior.htm (2134 words)

	Child Behavior: What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Decide that the behavior is not a problem because it's appropriate to the child's age and stage of development.
		When the unacceptable behavior occurs, tell the child the behavior is unacceptable and give a warning that you will put him or her in time-out if the behavior doesn't stop.
		The biggest drawback to this method is that although the punishment stops the bad behavior for a while, it doesn't teach your child to change his or her behavior.
	familydoctor.org /201.xml (1506 words)

	Behavior
		Other normal behaviors in cats that are not accepted in our homes are activities such as scratching, clawing, biting and hunting.
		Spraying is a normal marking behavior in which the cat backs up to a vertical surface and directs a stream of urine toward it.
		This behavior is typically used by the cat to delineate its territory.
	www.napoleonvet.com /behavior.html (1940 words)

	Psychology 2510: Survey of Abnormal Psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thus, specific behaviors are judged based on the situation in which they occur and the rules of the particular culture within which they occur.
		Scheff (1970) proposes that a behavior may be considered abnormal when that behavior breaks the rules of the culture, even when those rules are not made explicit.
		Regardless of your own opinion, Doug's behavior can be seen by some as violating the norms of society, while it can be seen by others as well within the bounds of normal behavior.
	cdis.missouri.edu /previews/2171/lesson01.htm (2670 words)

	What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior Before The Teen Years
		If the child doesn't know a good behavior, he or she is likely to return to the bad behavior.
		When the behavior occurs, tell the child the behavior is unacceptable and give one warning that you will put the child in time out if the behavior doesn't stop.
		Keeping a diary of behavior can be helpful to parents, to show gradual changes in their child.
	www.focusas.com /WhatParentsCanDo.html (1333 words)

	ACVC 2001 - Development of Behavior: Evolutionary Background - Normal Dog Behavior
		To understand canine behaviors and breeds it is critical to remember that, fundamentally and ancestrally, the story of canine behavior is that of working with humans at many tasks.
		The extent to which behavioral plasticity is a function of genetics is a hotly debated issue in the fields of behavioral ecology and evolution.
		It is best to view selection for specific behaviors as a risk assessment analysis: breeds that have been selected for one or a few particular and specific behaviors may be more at risk for developing unsavory variation for those behaviors.
	www.vin.com /VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00372.htm (1456 words)

	Behavior Helpline
		Normal play behavior can result in destruction, as it may involve digging, chewing, shredding and/or shaking toy-like objects.
		Dogs who don't receive a lot of attention and reinforcement for appropriate behavior may engage in destructive behavior when their owners are present as a way to attract attention - even if the attention is "negative," such as a verbal scolding.
		Your dog's destructive behavior may be caused by fear if the destruction occurs when he's exposed to loud noises, such as thunderstorms, firecrackers or construction sounds, and if the primary damage is to doors, doorframes, window coverings, screens or walls.
	www.hsmo.org /m_obedience/behavior/dogchew.html (1405 words)

	Strange behavior in Church... (s1)
		Normal human behavior knows all kinds of emotional expressions, dependant upon the stimulants, coming from either objective circumstances or subjective conditions and realisations.
		But it is normal in the sense that it can happen in the meetings where there are strong influences of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, so that people are deeply touched and moved.
		But God's evaluation of his behavior was more important to him than that of man. I am sure that Gods standard or norm of Christian behavior in church may be different than that of a lot of Christians.
	home.tiscali.nl /~tdruiter/normcb.htm (1334 words)

	Perturbing Normal Functioning
		In cases in which continua are hypothesized between normal functioning and a disorder, the transition from a model of nondisordered to disordered processes may be a matter of changing a single parameter in a connectionist network.
		Because connectionist models of normal functioning strive to preserve biological congruity, neurological processes thought to cause a psychopathology, such as lesions or neurotransmitter imbalances, may often be modeled by altering some aspect of a connectionist network.
		Other researchers explicitly model normal behavior in the course of their research on a psychopathology, thus extending current understanding of both normal and psychopathological behavior.
	www.cnbc.cmu.edu /Resources/disordermodels/perturbations.html (1742 words)

	Is That Normal?
		This is a normal behavior and is not a sign of respiratory distress or infection.
		It is normal for a gravid (pregnant, with eggs in the oviducts) female iguana to stop feeding, or only eat a fraction of the normal amount of food while she has a belly-ful of eggs.
		Is it normal for the penis of a chelonian or the hemipenes of a snake or lizard to protrude from the base of the tail for extended periods of time?
	www.exoticpetvet.net /reptile/normal.html (3172 words)

	Animal Planet :: Yelpline Dog Behavior Tips
		Although it's perfectly normal for a puppy to chew on furniture, shoes, shrubbery and such, these behaviors can be a problem for you.
		Because puppies are highly motivated to exhibit this type of behavior, attempts to suppress it or stop it are unlikely to be successful unless you give your puppy an alternative behavior.
		The goals of working with this normal puppy behavior are to redirect your puppy's desire to put something in her mouth onto acceptable chew toys and to teach her to be gentle when a hand is in her mouth.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/e-vets/dogbehavior/chewing.html (375 words)

	Normal Feeding Behavior - PetPlace.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The concept of behavior being divided into appetitive and consummatory phases can also be applied to the feeding behaviors of domestic cats living indoors, even though they are not often presented with opportunities to chase and capture their food!
		Plant eating is quite a common practice in household cats, and it is normal behavior.
		This behavior problem may be resolved by providing the cat with a suitable alternative source on which to graze, such as edible grass (sold at pet stores).
	www.petplace.com /cats/normal-feeding-behavior/page1.aspx (825 words)

	Related Work
		The major limitation of this method is the difficulty of determining the intended behavior and writing security specifications for all monitored programs.
		Normal behavior was defined in terms of short sequences of system calls of a certain length in a running Unix process, and a separate database of normal behavior was built for each process of interest.
		The names of system calls were extracted from the audit data of both normal and intrusive runs, and labeled as normal and intrusive respectively.
	www.usenix.org /event/sec02/full_papers/liao/liao_html/node3.html (677 words)

	child development
		If we know what to expect at each stage of development, it is easier to decide if our child's behavior is "normal." These stages are approximate.
		Behaviors that get stuck in one stage are cause for concern, otherwise, don't worry.
		Worst behavior when the child is with the child's mother.
	www.elainegibson.net /parenting/development.html (1705 words)

	Understand your animal's behavior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Behavior problems such as urine marking or fear of children are actually a natural part of the instinctual behavior of the animal.
		Many of what we humans see as behavior problems of our pets are really normal behaviors for that species, but the behavior may be inappropriate for living closely with people.
		Knowing what is normal for the animal will help you guide your animal into behaviors that are acceptable to you before behavior problems arise.
	www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu /CCAB/unders~2.htm (2277 words)

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		Canine behavior problems are by and large not due to abnormal behavior of either the owner or pet.
		Most problems result from normal canine behavior patterns of the individual animal which are incompatible with the “normal” human behavior of an individual owner.
		Normal behavior: Play is a requirement for a puppy’s social adjustment and development of emotional attachments.
	www.petbehaviorproblems.com /members1/cat1/STARTING.doc (2979 words)

	Your Child \| Behavior Problems
		Biting is a normal behavior for young kids, but it is also very upsetting for parents, and can be harmful to the person who is bitten.
		If there are lots of behaviors you want to change, start by focusing on one or two of the most bothersome or dangerous ones.
		Remove your child from the cause of the problem behavior, or remove the cause of the problem from the child (for example by child proofing your house).
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/yourchild/behave.htm (809 words)

	Normal Sexual Behavior of Children
		Within reason, most sexual behaviors in your young child — touching his or her genitals, flashing underwear in public, "playing doctor" — are perfectly normal and shouldn't cause you alarm or undue embarrassment.
		In fact, it isn't uncommon for a 5-year-old to fondle his or her genitals or for any child to mimic an adult's sexual behavior, such as passionately kissing a playmate.
		Sexual behavior — a natural part of life — shouldn't be a subject of embarrassment or taboo for parents or children.
	cecp.air.org /_discjebp1/00000053.htm (882 words)

	Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Normal Personalities are primarily marked by conformity (either to tradition or to "fads"), self-centered attitudes and behavior, and a general lack of genuine caring for others.
		Often Normal children have trouble with possessive pronouns, and will call all objects "mine." Starring at cathode ray tubes (such as TVs) for long periods of time is also a common behavior.
		However, normal personality appears to be frighteningly common, and it incidence may be increasing.
	isnt.autistics.org /dsn-npd.html (746 words)

	HarperCollins College Outline Abnormal Psychology by Timothy W. Costello from HarperCollins Publishers
		The average person is vaguely aware of the problem, perhaps has experienced a mentally ill person in his or her family; but, for the most part, holds opinions about abnormal behavior that are based on bits of information or erroneous reports.
		Common misconceptions about abnormal behavior are that it is incurable or inherited; that the mentally ill are dangerous; that abnormal behavior is always bizarre; that mental illness comes from weakness of will or immoral behavior.
		Abnormal Psychology is that branch of psychology that concerns itself with establishing criteria to distinguish abnormal from normal behavior; describing the various types of abnormal behavior; searching out the causes of abnormal behavior, seeking means of treating it, and finally, with finding ways to prevent it.
	www.harpercollins.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0064671216&tc=cx (832 words)

	Behaviors of Normal Newborns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is quite normal for a newborn to pass a lot of gas, which may be quite smelly in the first week.
		This is a normal result of birth for many newborns and does not indicate a disease process as it would in adults.
		Chin trembling, lower lip quivering, frequent yawning, hiccups and sneezing are signs of the normal immature nervous system of a newborn.
	www.pamf.org /children/newborns/development/behavior.html (1191 words)

	Normal Behavior Problems In Children
		Now I'm certainly not advocating or condoning this type of antisocial behavior but I would imagine that if we parents were honest with ourselves, many of us would have to admit that as youngsters we were no exceptions to this research finding.
		Here is a partial list of behavior problems that researchers have found to occur in normal children: nightmares, nailbiting, lying, oversensitivity, mood swings, temper tantrums, shyness, excessive demands for attention, selfishness in sharing, cheating, food finickiness, overactivity, stealing, specific fears or worries, negativism, jealousy, bed wetting, sibling rivalry, and speech disfluencies.
		In other words, the existence of these problem behaviors does not necessarily indicate that your child is emotionally disturbed and in need of immediate professional attention.
	www.solveyourproblem.com /artman/publish/printer_151.shtml (498 words)

	Normal Behavior for Austic Child?
		Aggressive behavior is not always part of the profile in a child who is autistic, but it is not rare either.
		Generally a combination of behavior management and medication is recommended to address such aggression.
		and always remember that under all of that aggressive behavior and defiance, all of the confused reactions to normal life happening there is a beautiful little boy who is struggling as much as you, if not more so.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/ChildBehavior/messages/32018.html (791 words)

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		so it is hard in cats when you have a normal behavior showing up in aberrant circumstances - often driven by anxiety or worry or something.
		-intercat -territorial -fearful -redirected -status related intercat aggression: two views of this: the one that like anxiety and marking, this is normal behavior.
		remember, there is a difference b/w what is normal but undesirable, and that which is abnormal, out of context, etc. most people view intercat aggression as normal behavior.
	www.izzy.com /~hillary/school/behavior/behavior.lec.11.09.98 (2100 words)

	Common Questions about Behavior Problems in Children
		What is normal for one child may not be normal for another;.
		Remember it is normal for young children to have occasional outbursts.
		When parents overindulge their children with either material possessions, or with a lack of clear behavior boundaries and structure, they are depriving their children of the ability to learn what is acceptable and responsible behavior.
	www.providencecenter.org /qs-behavioral.htm (713 words)

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