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The '''behavior''' (british spelling ''behaviour'') is the manner in which someone or something behaves or [[act]]s, in response to internal or external stimuli.

The '''behavior''' (British spelling ''behaviour'') is the manner in which someone or something behaves or [[act]]s, in response to internal or external stimuli.

Patterns of behavior need not be innate, they can be acquired and become increasingly strengthened through repetition. Series of actions that have become habitual start out as single, individually considered, and selected choices. Later they develop into the automatic actions we call [[habit]]s. Humans retain final authority over habitual responses, choosing to restrain or release them as best serves their interests and/or beliefs, i.e. as the consider right or wrong.<ref name="Satinover1996">{{cite book |title=Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth |author=Jeffrey Burke Satinover |publisher=Baker Books |year=1996 |chapter=9 |pages=138-9 |isbn=978-08010-56253 |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62588.Homosexuality_and_the_Politics_of_Truth |quote=}}</ref>         

Patterns of behavior need not be innate, they can be acquired and become increasingly strengthened through repetition. Series of actions that have become habitual start out as single, individually considered, and selected choices. Later they develop into the automatic actions we call [[habit]]s. Humans retain final authority over habitual responses, choosing to restrain or release them as best serves their interests and/or beliefs, i.e. as the consider right or wrong.<ref name="Satinover1996">{{cite book |title=Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth |author=Jeffrey Burke Satinover |publisher=Baker Books |year=1996 |chapter=9 |pages=138–9 |isbn=978-08010-56253 |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62588.Homosexuality_and_the_Politics_of_Truth |quote=}}</ref>         

    

    

==References==

==References==

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[ABC Theory of Emotion]]

*[[ABC Theory of Emotion]]

*[[Obsessive compulsive disorder]]

*[[Obsessive compulsive disorder]]

[[Category:Psychology]]

[[Category:Psychology]]

[[Category:Sociology]]

[[Category:Sociology]]