| behaviour and behaviour mechanisms | The observable response made to a situation and the unconscious processes underlying it. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| strange | 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." "One of the strange queen's lords." (Shak) "I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues." (Ascham) 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. "So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights." (Sir J. Davies) 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. "Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you." (Shak) 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." "Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me." (Milton) 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. "She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee." (Hawthorne) 6. Backward; slow. "Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause." (Beau. & Fl) 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. "In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange." (Shak) Strange is often used as an exclamation. "Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below." (Waller) Strange sail, an unknown vessel. Strange woman, a harlot. To make it strange. To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. To make it a matter of difficulty. To make strange, To make one's self strange. To profess ignorance or astonishment. To assume the character of a stranger. Synonym: Foreign, new, outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, unusual, odd, uncommon, irregular, queer, eccentric. Origin: OE. Estrange, F. Etrange, fr. L. Extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. Extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| adaptive behaviour | Any behaviour that enables an organism to adjust to a particular situation or environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adaptive behaviour scales | A behavioural assessment device to quantify the levels of skills of mentally retarded and developmentally delayed individuals in interacting with the environment; consists of three developmentally related factors: 1) personal self-sufficiency, e.g., eating, dressing; 2) community self-sufficiency, e.g., shopping, communicating; 3) personal and social responsibility, e.g., use of leisure time, job performance. See: intelligence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adient behaviour | Animal searching behaviour. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behaviour pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adolescent behaviour | Any observable response or action of an adolescent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| agonistic behaviour | Any behaviour associated with conflict between two individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambient behaviour | <psychology> The movement of an organism away from a certain type of stimulus, such as electric shock. Compare: appetitive behaviour. Synonym: ambient behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appetitive behaviour | Animal searching behaviour. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behaviour pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aversive behaviour | <psychology> The movement of an organism away from a certain type of stimulus, such as electric shock. Compare: appetitive behaviour. Synonym: ambient behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behaviour | The observable response a person makes to any situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour, addictive | The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behaviour includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour, animal | The observable response an animal makes to any situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour chain | Related behaviours in a series in which each response serves as a stimulus for the next response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| behaviour disorder | General term used to denote mental illness or psychological dysfunction, specifically those mental, emotional, or behavioural subclasses for which organic correlates do not exist. See: antisocial personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |