Famous quotes containing the word responding:
“To be motivated to sit at home and study, instead of going out and playing, children need a sense of themselves over timethey need to be able to picture themselves in the future.... If they cant, then theyre simply reacting to daily events, responding to the needs of the momentfor pleasure, for affiliation, for acceptance.”
—Stanley I. Greenspan (20th century)
“Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behaviorbees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paperits possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mothers impending visit.”
—Mary Arrigo (20th century)
“Children of the middle years do not do their learning unaffected by attendant feelings of interest, boredom, success, failure, chagrin, joy, humiliation, pleasure, distress and delight. They are whole children responding in a total way, and what they feel is a constant factor that can be constructive or destructive in any learning situation.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)