About The Word Behavior

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Behavior

Behavior Meaning & Definition
Behavior Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Behavior?

[n] manner of acting or conducting yourself
[n] (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
[n] (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
[n] the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Behavior: behaviour | behaviour | behaviour | conduct | conduct | demeanor | demeanour | deportment | doings

Related Terms | Find terms related to Behavior: act | acting | action | actions | activism | activity | bearing | comportment | conditioned response | conditioning | conduct | demeanor | deportment | doing | employment | exercise | function | functioning | instrumental conditioning | manner | manners | mien | movements | negative reinforcement | occupation | operant conditioning | operation | operations | Pavlovian conditioning | play | positive reinforcement | practice | praxis | psychagogy | reeducation | reflex | reinforcement | reorientation | swing | unconditioned reflex | way | work | working | workings

See Also | action | activeness | activity | activity | aggression | citizenship | correctitude | dirty tricks | discourtesy | improperness | impropriety | manner | manners | offence | offense | offensive activity | personal manner | properness | propriety | swashbuckling | territoriality | trait

Behavior In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*hav"ior\, n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. --Steele. {To be upon one's good behavior}, {To be put upon one's good behavior}, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. {During good behavior}, while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety. Syn: Bearing; demeanor; manner. Usage: {Behavior}, {Conduct}. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the enemy.

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