behavioral
Saybi-HAYV-yuh-ruhlUS · UK/bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/AUS/bɪˈhæɪvjəɹəl/
- 1Of or relating to behavior.
The study examined behavioral differences between urban and rural birds.
Her therapist recommended several behavioral techniques for managing stress.
Note
An American spelling, built from behavior plus the adjective-forming -al. British and other Commonwealth writers spell it behavioural, so the form tells the reader which convention a text follows. The adjective is not normally graded: a study or technique is behavioral or it is not, rather than more or less so. Stephen Ledoux, in American Scientist (2012), writes of progress made "on behavioral fronts."
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Origin
Formed from "behavior" combined with the suffix "-al".