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behavior

Range of actions by entities, living or not, within a system

Also known as behavioural response to stimulus · behavioral response to stimulus · behaviour

Instance of: psychology concept
Subclass of: pattern
, activity
Part of: pattern of behavior

Overview

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Behavior or behaviour is the range of actions of organisms, individuals, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as well as the inanimate physical environment. It is the computed response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary. While some behavior is produced in response to an organism's environment, behavior can also be the product of intrinsic motivation, also referred to as "agency" or "free will".

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Different from: Verhalten criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Verhalten
Behaviour criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: behaviour
Behavior criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: behavior
Studied by: behavioral sciences
Has characteristic: habit
normality
abnormality
type of behavior
Partially coincident with: conduct
behavior
Members / parts: action
human behavior
animal behavior
system behaviour
Facet of: psychology
Properties for this type: has characteristic

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