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| attention deficit disorder |
a behavioral disorder, usually beginning in childhood, characterized by inability to focus one's attention, impulsive behaviors, and, often, hyperactivity; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (often abbreviated "ADHD"). |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
a behavioral disorder, usually beginning in childhood, characterized by inability to focus one's attention, impulsive behaviors, and, often, hyperactivity (often abbreviated as "ADHD"). |
| Bushido |
(sometimes l.c.) the behavioral code of the feudal Japanese samurai, which stressed the value of honor above life. |
| circadian |
denoting or concerning behavioral or physiological activities that recur at about twenty-four-hour intervals, such as sleep rhythms. |
| inhibition |
that which holds back or prevents, or the conditions under which one is held back or prevented, esp. from one psychological or behavioral process by another. [1/3 definitions] |
| instinct |
the natural, unlearned behavioral tendencies or characteristics that are innate in any given species. [1/4 definitions] |
| interbehavioral |
combined form of behavioral. |
| -mania |
a mental or behavioral disorder characterized by obsession, compulsion, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonbehavioral |
combined form of behavioral. |
| plasticity |
in biology, the capacity of an organism to make behavioral or physiological changes in response to a change in the environment. [1/4 definitions] |
| psychedelic |
of, relating to, or producing heightened or distorted sensory perceptions, hallucinations, and sometimes extreme behavioral patterns. [1/3 definitions] |
| psychology |
the study or science of mental, emotional, and behavioral states and processes. [2/3 definitions] |
| sociology |
the scientific study of human society, esp. its origins, development, organization, and behavioral patterns. |
| trick |
an odd or unusual behavioral habit; mannerism. [1/15 definitions] |
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