Concept information
Preferred term
behavior (psychology)
Definition
- Typically, the definition of behavior can be divided into two categories: observable and unobservable. Observable behavior constitutes anything that an individual does that can be measured by another individual. [Source: Encyclopedia of School Psychology; Behavior]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- accident proneness
- adolescent behavior
- aggressive behavior
- animal behavior
- anti-social behavior
- antisocial behavior
- apathy
- assertiveness
- attitudes
- behavioral concepts and applications
- behavioral control
- behavioral inhibition
- behavioral momentum
- behavioral symptoms
- behavior change
- behavior control
- behavior patterns
- challenging behavior
- child behavior
- classical conditioning
- codependency (psychology)
- consumer behavior
- dangerous behavior
- drinking behavior
- drug-seeking behavior
- economic behavior
- emotional and behavioral difficulties
- escape reaction
- exploratory behavior
- feeding behavior
- generalization
- group behavior
- habits
- harm reduction
- health behavior
- human communication
- illness behavior
- imitative behavior
- impulsive behavior
- inappropriate behavior
- information seeking behavior
- inhibition (psychology)
- interests (political science)
- involuntary behavior
- keystone behaviors
- lifestyles
- managerial behavior
- maternal behavior
- misconduct
- motivation
- motor activity
- operant conditioning
- personal satisfaction
- political behavior
- professional behavior
- pupil behavior
- reproductive behavior
- risk reduction behavior
- risk-taking
- schedules of reinforcement
- self-help
- self-stimulation
- sexual activity
- social behavior
- socialisation
- spatial behavior
- stereotyped behavior
- sucking behavior
- symbolic behavior
- tobacco use cessation
- voluntary actions
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/behavior_(psychology)
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