behaviour

N พฤติกรรม  การกระทำ ตัว  พฤติการณ์  การ แสดงอาการ  ท่าที  conduct manners behavior prued-ti-kam

behavioural

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ พฤติกรรม  เกี่ยวกับ บุคลิกภาพ  behavioral kiao-kab-prued-ti-kam

behaviourism

N ทฤษฎี เกี่ยวกับ พฤติกรรม มนุษย์ (ทางจิตวิทยา  ted-sa-de-kiao-kab-parued-ti-kam-ma-nud

behaviour

behaviour |bɪˈheɪvjə |(US behavior ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others: he will vouch for her good behaviour | his insulting behaviour towards me. • the way in which an animal or person behaves in response to a particular situation or stimulus: the feeding behaviour of predators. • the way in which a machine or natural phenomenon works or functions: the erratic behaviour of the old car. PHRASES be on one's best behaviour behave well in a social situation or when being observed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from behave, on the pattern of demeanour, and influenced by obsolete haviour from have .

behavioural

behavioural |bɪˈheɪvjər (ə )l |(US behavioral ) ▶adjective involving, relating to, or emphasizing behaviour: closely related species have similar behavioural patterns | a behavioural approach to children's language. DERIVATIVES behaviourally adverb

behaviouralism

behaviouralism |bɪˈheɪvjərəlɪz (ə )m |(US behavioralism ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the methods and principles of the scientific study of animal (and human ) behaviour. • advocacy of or adherence to a behavioural approach to social phenomena. DERIVATIVES behaviouralist noun & adjective

behavioural science

be |hav ¦iour ¦al sci |ence ▶noun [ mass noun ] the scientific study of human and animal behaviour.

behaviourism

behaviourism |bɪˈheɪvjərɪz (ə )m |(US behaviorism ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Psychology the theory that human and animal behaviour can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings, and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behaviour patterns. • treatment involving the practical application of the theory of behaviourism. DERIVATIVES behaviourist noun & adjective, behaviouristic |-ˈrɪstɪk |adjective

behaviour therapy

be |hav ¦iour ther |apy ▶noun [ mass noun ] the treatment of neurotic symptoms by training the patient's reactions to stimuli.

behaviour

behaviour noun 1 we are absolutely disgusted with his behaviour: conduct, way of behaving, way of acting, deportment, bearing, etiquette; actions, exploits, doings, efforts; manners, ways, habits, practices; informal capers; rare comportment. 2 they examined the structure and behaviour of the chromosomes: functioning, action, performance, operation, working, running, reaction, response; actions, reactions, responses. WORD LINKS behaviour ethology science of animal behaviour Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.