Behavior
[bɪ'hevjɚ]
Definition
(noun.) manner of acting or controlling yourself.
(noun.) (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation.
(noun.) the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; 'the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments'.
Typed by Humphrey--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Deportment (on particular occasions), conduct, bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port.
Checked by Genevieve
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conduct, bearing, demeanor, proceeding, comportment, action, manner,deportment
ANT:Misdemeanor, misbehavior, misconduct
Typed by Denis
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Conduct as determined not by principle but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the Dies Irae:
Inputed by Harvey
Examples
- What was the use of thinking about behavior after this crying? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And then his behavior to you, father, is really good; he has a deep respect for you; and it is impossible to have a better temper than Fred has. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Leave out the direction which depends upon foresight of possible future results, and there is no intelligence in present behavior. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- My behavior has a mental quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- No mode of behavior more imperiously demands knowledge of established modes of diagnosis and treatment than does his. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Lack of control of natural forces means that a scant number of natural objects enter into associated behavior. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is one continuous behavior, proceeding from a more uncertain, divided, hesitating state to a more overt, determinate, or complete state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Compare the behavior of a beginner in riding a bicycle with that of the expert. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Thus it gradually produces in him a certain system of behavior, a certain disposition of action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This was not judicious behavior. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They represent the local stupidity better, said Will, laughing, and shaking his curls; and they are kept on their best behavior in the neighborhood. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To-day she was on her best behavior, however, and was seated with Maurice in the court, weaving a coronal of flowers for her adornment at dinner. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The behavior of each would then be intelligent; and socially intelligent and guided. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So we're all on very special behavior. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Or contrary tendencies in the child are appealed to to divert him from his troublesome line of behavior. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Lottie