behavioral
adjUK /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/ · CA, US /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/
Etymology From behavior + -al.
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US Of or relating to behavior.
- Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.2012 January 23, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
- Synonyms
- behavioral, behavioural
- Derived terms
26 terms
behavioral contagion, behavioral crisis, behavioral economics, behavioral economist, behavioral force, behavioralist, behaviorally, behavioral objective, behavioral pattern, behavioral psychology, behavioral science, behavioral sink, behavioral subtyping, biobehavioral, cognitive behavioral therapist, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, interbehavioral, macrobehavioral, neurobehavioral, nonbehavioral, pharmacobehavioral, postbehavioral, psychobehavioral, serobehavioral, trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy- Related terms
- behaviorism, behaviorist, emotion, person, psychology
- Hyponyms
239 terms
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