behavior : Idioms & Phrases
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behavior modification
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noun psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
behavior modification.
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behavior therapy
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noun psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
behavior modification.
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code of behavior
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noun a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
code of conduct.
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disorderly behavior
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noun any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
disturbance of the peace; disorderly conduct; breach of the peace.
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double standard of sexual behavior
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noun a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
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During good behavior
- while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.
Webster 1913
relaxation behavior
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noun (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
relaxation.
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To be upon one's good behavior , To be put upon one's good behavior
- to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct.
