Behavior

n.

1.

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. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. - Steele. To be upon one's good behavior to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. During good behavior while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.

Noun	1.	behavior - manner of acting or conducting yourself Synonyms: conduct, doings, behaviour
	2.	behavior - the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments" Synonyms: behaviour
	3.	behavior - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people Synonyms: demeanor, demeanour, deportment, behaviour, conduct
	4.	behavior - (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation Synonyms: behaviour

Pavlovian conditioning, act, acting, actions, activism, activity, comportment, conditioned response, conditioning, demeanor, doing, employment, exercise, function, functioning, instrumental conditioning, manner, mien, movements, negative reinforcement, occupation, operant conditioning, operation, operations, play, positive reinforcement, practice, praxis, psychagogy, reeducation, reflex, reinforcement, reorientation, swing, unconditioned reflex, way, work, working, workings

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