Definition of behavioural in English:
behavioural
(US behavioral)
adjective bɪˈheɪvjər(ə)lbəˈheɪvjərəl
Involving, relating to, or emphasizing behaviour.
closely related species have similar behavioural patterns
a behavioural approach to children's language
Example sentencesExamples
- The entire behavioral record for each ape was scored independently by two observers.
- At a concrete level, this learning is reflected by changes in the behavioural data.
- Patient-doctor relationships are generated by different behavioural patterns.
- In the end the sound of the bell alone was enough to bring about a behavioural response - the dog began drooling.
- Prey show the same response, regardless of the behavioral state of the predator.
- The data provided a rich set of examples of physical and behavioural symptoms.
- It is in this context that we began our studies of behavioral choice in the leech.
- At the start, males usually called and displayed behavioral threats to each other.
- Autism causes behavioural patterns that can be deeply distressing to all concerned.
- The social and behavioral goals that we achieved were beyond our hopes and imagination!
- Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication.
- We recognize that this single test may reflect the total effect of several behavioral traits.
- New research is also connecting heart problems to behavioral patterns and social conditioning.
- Autonomic responses are among the richest sources of adaptive behavioral patterns.
- Procedures used in behavioral experiments have been described in detail elsewhere.
- Our suspicion in that we might see effects in a different behavioral context.
- Second, this fear of a specific concrete object allowed use of a behavioral approach test.
- Only one pair was observed at a time in order to time behavioral patterns precisely.
- Indeed, the interplay between prey and predator is a central theme of behavioral ecology.
Derivatives
adverb
Although when she thought of it, he's changed a lot, if not behaviourally, physically, he was completely changed, save his dimples, his dark brown hair and his sky blue eyes.
Example sentencesExamples
- All this domestic stress tells on the child, both academically and behaviourally.
- Well we are still learning about that and behavioural investigators have said for some time now that behaviourally people mature later than we thought.
- But many people so diagnosed do not show such abnormalities, and many people who are behaviourally not violent do show them.
- Lions in zoos are behaviourally quite a different matter, as you'd know: they're a social animal, they'll lie or eat and they'll play with each other and they work very well.
Definition of behavioral in US English:
behavioral
(British behavioural)
adjectivebəˈhāvyərəlbəˈheɪvjərəl
Involving, relating to, or emphasizing behavior.
closely related species have similar behavioral patterns
a behavioral approach to children's language
Example sentencesExamples
- In the end the sound of the bell alone was enough to bring about a behavioural response - the dog began drooling.
- Our suspicion in that we might see effects in a different behavioral context.
- Second, this fear of a specific concrete object allowed use of a behavioral approach test.
- Indeed, the interplay between prey and predator is a central theme of behavioral ecology.
- The entire behavioral record for each ape was scored independently by two observers.
- Only one pair was observed at a time in order to time behavioral patterns precisely.
- Autism causes behavioural patterns that can be deeply distressing to all concerned.
- The data provided a rich set of examples of physical and behavioural symptoms.
- We recognize that this single test may reflect the total effect of several behavioral traits.
- At a concrete level, this learning is reflected by changes in the behavioural data.
- The social and behavioral goals that we achieved were beyond our hopes and imagination!
- Patient-doctor relationships are generated by different behavioural patterns.
- New research is also connecting heart problems to behavioral patterns and social conditioning.
- Procedures used in behavioral experiments have been described in detail elsewhere.
- At the start, males usually called and displayed behavioral threats to each other.
- Autonomic responses are among the richest sources of adaptive behavioral patterns.
- Food in the stomach does not appear to alter the kinetics or behavioral effects of the medication.
- Prey show the same response, regardless of the behavioral state of the predator.
- It is in this context that we began our studies of behavioral choice in the leech.