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Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. Behavior can be conscious or unconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary.

Behavior is controlled by the endocrine system, and the nervous system. The complexity of the behavior of an organism is related to the complexity of its nervous system. Generally, organisms with complex nervous systems have a greater capacity to learn new responses and thus adjust their behavior.

The behaviour of people (and other organisms or even mechanisms) falls within a range with some behaviors being common, some unusual, some acceptable, and some outside acceptable limits. The acceptablity of behavior is evaluated relative to social norms and regulated by various means of social control.

For behavior of people see human behavior.

Animal behavior is studied in comparative psychology, ethology, behavioral ecology and sociobiology.

Contents 1 Areas of behavior studied by psychologists 2 Journals 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] Areas of behavior studied by psychologists

• Adaptive behaviour
• Adjunctive behaviour
• Animal ethology (animal behavior)]]
• Antisocial behaviour
• Attachment behaviour
• Childhood play behaviour
• Choice behaviour
• Classroom behaviour
• Conservation (Ecological behavior
• Consumer behavior
• Coronary prone behaviour
• Deviant behavior
• Drinking behavior
• Eccentricity (behavior)
• Exploratory behavior
• Forms of activity and interpersonal relations
• Health behavior
• Human behavior
• Human nature
• Illness behavior
• Instinctive behavior
• Planned behavior
• Psychosexual behavior
• Normal (behavior)
• Self defeating behavior
• Self destructive behavior
• Social behavior
• Stereotyped behaviour
• Voting behavior
• Wandering behavior
• Work behavior

[edit] Journals

• Behaviour (journal), published by Brill Publishers. ISSN 0005-7959

[edit] See also

• Behaviorism
• Behavior analysis
• Behavioral assessment
• Behavior change
• Behavioral contrast
• Behavioral economics
• Behavior disorders
• Behavior modification
• Behavior problems
• Behavioral sciences
• Behavior therapy

[edit] External link

• Brain and behavior – (EPOB 3730) - University of Colorado

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