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behavioral

[ bih-heyv-yer-uhl ]

adjective

  1. relating to a person’s manner of behaving or acting:

    The program provides academic and behavioral supports for students of concern.

    Most of our biggest health risks are largely preventable with behavioral change.

  2. Psychology, Animal Behavior. relating to or studying observable activity in a human or animal, often thought of as the aggregate of responses to external and internal stimuli:

    This psychiatry textbook offers a thorough discussion of both the behavioral sciences and clinical psychiatry.

    Harassment of wild marine mammals has disrupted their behavioral patterns, including migration, breeding, and feeding.



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Other Word Forms

  • ·󲹱·ǰ·· ·󲹱·dzܰ·· adverb
  • ·ٱ··󲹱·ǰ· ·ٱ··󲹱·dzܰ· adjective
  • in·ter··󲹱·ǰ·· in·ter··󲹱·dzܰ·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of behavioral1

First recorded in 1925–30; behavior ( def ) + -al 1( def )
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California passed a law banning those six dyes last year, citing developmental and behavioral harms in children.

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There are all sorts of differences between male and female kidneys, from the impact of testosterone to the biological effects of behavioral differences resulting from gender roles.

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Only much later do we, and he, come to understand that the absent Soprano progenitor is more to blame for influencing his son’s behavioral shortcomings than Tony first imagines.

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THC targets the same receptors but typically at a far higher dose than what is naturally produced, said Dr. Hilary Marusak, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Wayne State University.

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Studies show that making people feel guilty about climate change can motivate change, while others have suggested that shame, fear and anger can motivate behavioral change as well.

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