human behaviour

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandbehaviour

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/
us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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behaviour
noun
uk
/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/
us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofhumanandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhuman behaviour

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It wasn't a discreet, mediated, modified version ofhumanbehaviour.
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Germans' crimes are outside the realm ofhumanbehaviour.
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The second flaw is the author's attitude tohumanbehaviour.
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Regrettably,humanbehaviourwith respect to the use of antibiotics has been maladaptive since the start.
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It would be beneficial reading for anyone interested inhumanbehaviour.
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These methodologies attempt to capture some aspects of thehumanbehaviourin system control.
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Meeting basic material needs is a universal determinant ofhumanbehaviour.
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It is true that recent work is more cautious about the economic modelling ofhumanbehaviour.
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Perhaps, in the case ofhumanbehaviour, ultimate generalization will be restricted to conditional statements.
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Imitation is one of the most common observations amonghumanbehaviour.
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It was not justhumanbehaviour, but animal behaviour as well.
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This difference is thrown into relief by their respective ideas abouthumanbehaviour.
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This is in agreement with the results of biomechanical studies of thehumanbehaviour.
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Openness to unfamiliar experiences is a basic concept for the understanding ofhumanbehaviour.
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A growing body of evidence suggests that temporal information processing controls many aspects ofhumanbehaviour, including language.
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Emergent moral and religious concepts and practices are part of the way in which the human brain controlshumanbehaviour.
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Two chapters are, however, a little off this main theme and are concerned more with genetic factors andhumanbehaviour.
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One example of this is his studies of nutritional needs and the effects of undernourishment onhumanbehaviour.
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The influence of culture does not mean thathumanbehaviourremains the same when environments suddenly change.
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So too in economic systems do we observe changes inhumanbehaviourmodes and policies that suggest adaptation.
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Three such differences between humans and other primates provide strong evidence that serial monogamy has long characterisedhumanbehaviour.
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There is less interest in representinghumanbehaviouraccurately, where words take more of a back seat.
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To understand the form ofhumanbehaviour, however, we must tackle this most enigmatic concept of meaning.
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Nonetheless, a better understanding of the biochemical basis of behaviour may shed light on patterns ofhumanbehaviour.
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