- hav|iour
- hav|ior or hav|iour «HAYV yuhr», noun.Archaic or Dialect. behavior; deportment.
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be|hav|iour — «bih HAYV yuhr», noun. British. behavior … Useful english dictionary
mis|be|hav|iour — «MIHS bih HAYV yuhr», noun. Especially British. misbehavior … Useful english dictionary
hav|ior — or hav|iour «HAYV yuhr», noun. Archaic or Dialect. behavior; deportment. ╂[Middle English havour (influenced by have) < Old French avoir to have] … Useful english dictionary
behavior — 1. Any response emitted by or elicited from an organism. 2. Any mental or motor act or activity. 3. Specifically, parts of a total response pattern. [M.E., fr. O. Fr. avoir, to have] adaptive b. any b. that enables an organism to adjust to a… … Medical dictionary
behaviorism — A branch of psychology that formulates, through systematic observation and experimentation, the laws and principles that underlie the behavior of humans and animals; its major contributions have been made in the areas of conditioning and learning … Medical dictionary
behaviorist — An adherent of behaviorism. * * * be·hav·ior·ist or chiefly Brit be·hav·iour·ist rəst n a person who advocates or practices behaviorism behaviorist adj of or relating to behaviorism <behaviorist psychology> * * * be·hav·ior·ist (be… … Medical dictionary
neurobehavioral — neu·ro·be·hav·ior·al or chiefly Brit neu·ro·be·hav·iour·al bi hā vyə rəl adj of or relating to the relationship between the action of the nervous system and behavior <neurobehavioral disorders such as aphasia, alexia, and childhood learning… … Medical dictionary
behaviour — be‧hav‧iour [bɪˈheɪvjə ǁ ər] , behavior noun [uncountable] also behaviours the way that someone or something acts in different situations: • They have changed their buying behavior and are postponing major purchases. • The market s crash forced… … Financial and business terms
behaviour — be|hav|iour W1S2 BrE behavior AmE [bıˈheıvjə US ər] n [U] 1.) the things that a person or animal does ▪ It is important to reward good behaviour . ▪ The headmaster will not tolerate bad behaviour . behaviour towards ▪ She complained of her boss s … Dictionary of contemporary English
behaviourism — be|hav|iour|is|m BrE behaviorism AmE [bıˈheıvjərızəm] n [U] the belief that the scientific study of the mind should be based only on people s behaviour, not on what they say about their thoughts and feelings >behaviourist n … Dictionary of contemporary English
