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- noun Plural form of
behaviour .
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Examples
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That is why he and Zuk prefer to use the more objective term "same-sex sexual behaviour", which they define as behaviours found in two animals of the same sex that you would find in opposite-sex pairs during courtship, copulation or parenting.
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That is why he and Zuk prefer to use the more objective term "same-sex sexual behaviour", which they define as behaviours found in two animals of the same sex that you would find in opposite-sex pairs during courtship, copulation or parenting.
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We are also the only creatures who assign certain behaviours to the realm of the private, and certain to the realm of the public.
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The idea is that we are being quietly discouraged, all over the place, from certain behaviours and habits.
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There is a correlation between IQ and certain behaviours even if causation is uncertain.
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Some others are not attempting to contain behaviours, true, but the ear-shattered screeches came from a toddler whose mother was on him, stopping him right away, until the next unpredictable outburst.
The Screaming of the Lambs kittenpie 2008
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Some others are not attempting to contain behaviours, true, but the ear-shattered screeches came from a toddler whose mother was on him, stopping him right away, until the next unpredictable outburst.
Archive 2008-08-01 kittenpie 2008
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This sounds to me less like a "natural state", and more like a weaker form of the depressive's low-self-esteem, engendering all sorts of socially-maladjusted behaviours from a need for validation (positive and negative).
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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Given that (so far as we know) all animals have to sleep, the diversity of sleep behaviours is interesting, and many animals do things that we might not predict.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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This refers to the behaviours needed to handle to cross-cultural situations, so look for cues on the basic manners expected in a culture and try to adapt.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Harvey Schachter 2011
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