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Complex behavior
* are made up of smaller simple behaviors.
* is achieved by combining simple agents into more complex structures.
* persist in dissected animals.
+ Applied behavior analysis, Definitions and concepts, Chaining
  * Complex behaviors are made up of smaller simple behaviors. This is what the concept of behavior chains is based on. A behavior chain is when smaller behaviors are combined to form a complex behavior. These smaller behaviors are done in a certain order. Each of the smaller behaviors is a step in the behavior chain. A behavior chain is usually presented as a list of steps.

Compulsive behavior
* Many compulsive behaviors result in unhealthy lifestyles and relationships.
* includes regular drug use.
* is brought on by drug addiction
  - repetitive, purposeful, and intentional
* occur in the form of repetitive rituals that dominate one's life.

Consumer behavior
* changes over time as people and situations change.
* is one of the most exciting areas in the study of marketing.
* key component in controlling health care costs.

Cooperative behavior
* improves breed success.
* improves overall breed success
* subclass of collective behaviors.

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Courtship behavior
* Some courtship behavior includes urine.
* aids in survival because it leads to the creation of offspring.
* are full of adaptors.
* can be noisy and prolonged
  - yield pulsed yelps
* consists of actions that help animals find and choose suitable mates.
* includes feeding and mutual preening, displays of bowing, and wing movements
  - presentation
  - transfer of food, displays, and grooming between a pair of birds
* is an important part of mating
  - the behavior that males and females of a species carry out before mating

Covert behavior
* includes private behavior, such as thoughts, feelings, and fantasy.
* is fear and anxiety.

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Criminal behavior
* begets criminal behavior.
* function of norms which are discriminative for criminal behavior.
* includes rape and other forms of sexual assault.
* is against the rules of society
  - behavior that breaks criminal codes established by our society
  - caused by environmental factors such as, poverty and abusive parents
  - frequently the means for financing a drug habit
  - hereditary
  - human behavior, an has much in common with non criminal behavior
  - learnable and learned in interaction with other deviant persons
* is learned in interaction with others persons in a process of communication
  - through conditioning or imitation
  - no different than any other behavior that is learned
* thought process, just like anorexia or bulimia.

Defensive behavior
* intends to protect oneself from the aggressive behaviors of others.
* involves retracting the body and closing the shell as tightly as possible.
* is needed to protect their young and food supply.
* occurs in response to nest defense.
* part of the overall division of labor in the colony.

Destructive behavior
* is usually a direct response to anxiety.
* leading reason why people surrender their cats to animal shelters.

Deviant behavior
* are usually distress signals telling adults that something is wrong.
* pervasive feature of social life.

Difficult behavior
* are expressions of real and legitimate needs.
* drag on emotions and a drag on productivity.
* requires effort
  - special effort

Disruptive behavior
* includes sounds and use of beepers and celular telephones.
* is constituted as any behavior which detracts from the learning process
  - decreased, often significantly, when children are seated mixed-gender
  - the opposite of performance