“I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.” HumansPayAttentionBehaviorPay AttentionHuman BehaviorObservant Author:Ellie Goulding
“Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since many girls as well as boys buy the idea that sexual aggression and exploitation is normal masculine behavior, it may not even occur to them to demand to be treated as equals.” ThinkingNeedsWellsMayIdeasGirlSocialAttentionBoysAcceptanceDemandBehaviorNormalTreatedApprovalAggressionExploitationMasculineHarassment Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“You are the creator of your own reality, and so you are not in jeopardy. You do not need to control the behavior of others in order for you to thrive. Your attention to things that you think they do that keeps you from your thriving is, in fact, what keeps you from your thriving... It is not what they do to you; it's what you do to you in fear of what you think that they will do to you.” ThinkingNeedsFactsRealityOrderAttentionBehaviorCreatorThriveJeopardy Author:Esther Hicks
“Trust is rebuilt by focusing not on what the other person did or did not do but on critiquing one's own behavior, improving one's trustworthiness, and focusing attention not on words and promises but on actions, attitudes, and ways of being.” WayPersonsActionAttentionAttitudeIntegrityPromiseBehaviorImprovingTrustworthiness Author:Kenneth Cloke
“A concern with parenting...must direct attention beyond behavior. This is because parenting is not simply a set of behaviors, but participation in an interpersonal, diffuse, affective relationship. Parenting is an eminently psychological role in a way that many other roles and activities are not.” WayAttentionRolesActivityBehaviorConcernDirectPsychologicalParticipationInterpersonal Author:Nancy Chodorow
“There's only one thing worse than not paying attention to girls in gangs - it's paying attention to girls in gangs. The public reaction to girls and women who engage in nontraditional behavior - the hysteria that often surrounds girls in these groups - is almost as interesting as the behavior itself.” GirlInterestingAttentionOne ThingGroupsBehaviorReactionsPay AttentionSurroundGangHysteria Author:Meda Chesney-Lind
“So, what's a nudge? A nudge is some small feature of the environment that attracts our attention and alters our behavior.” AttentionEnvironmentBehaviorFeaturesNudge Author:Richard Thaler
“To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.” SelfUseEasyPayAttentionDesignBehaviorClaimsPay AttentionUsersSpeculationUnreliableInterfaces Author:Jakob Nielsen