All that was ‘normal’ has now evaporated; we have entered postnormal times, the inbetween period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have not yet emerged, and nothing really makes sense. To have any notion of a viable future, we must grasp the significance of this period of transition which is characterised by three c’s: complexity, chaos and contradictions. These forces propel and sustai...

Anthropologists have long been interested in the behavioral ecology of nonhuman primates living in savannas given what we know of early hominin environments. As expected, chimpanzees in the Fongoli community in southeastern Sénégal show a unique suite of behavioral adaptations to stresses associated with their savanna habitat. While Fongoli chimpanzees are species-typical in certain regards, su...

This paper offers criticism of “English Translation of Common Terms in Chinese Medicine”(2004) by Professor Xie Zhufan. Criticisms of specific term choices are listed under the following headings: 1. Selection of Chinese Terms; 2. Poor Term Choices; 3. Poor Grammar and Style; 4. One Term with Multiple Translations (Inconsistency); 5. Multiple Terms with one Translation; 6. Overuse of Pinyin; 7....

This article discusses certain of our convic­ tions relative to the preparation of teachers and the relationship between that preparation and their teaching practices. Specif­ ically. we concern ourselves with the measurement of teacher behavior and one methodology designed to modify that be­ havior. Based on our observations of special class teachers in training and in a variety of pedagogical...

The basic patterns of inheritance of learning ability in animals have been delineated. Summaries of strain differences in learning rate, responses to selective breeding for learning, heritabilities of learning phenotypes, and heterosis and overdominance are presented. In addition, the patterns of inheritance are shown to vary with the early environment. The causes of genetic differences have re...