Relating to the way someone acts or conducts themselves.
Derived from 'behave' (from Middle English 'behaven,' meaning 'to bear oneself'), combined with the suffix -al meaning 'relating to.' The word developed to describe anything connected to observable actions and conduct.
Behavioral psychology revolutionized how we understand learning—scientists discovered that you don't need to know what's happening in someone's brain to predict their actions, just observe patterns of reward and punishment.
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