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Behavior Patterns

December 19, 2010

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Behavior Patterns

Behavior Patterns: a. A set of observable recurrent actions in a given situation, as in actions people use to learn to ride a bicycle or play a guitar. b. Each consists of a beginning (an antecedent), a middle (an observable action), and an end (a consequence that makes it more or less likely that the conduct will occur again). c. The subject of management by social institutions such as education, economics, and families by their formal organizations such as schools, stock markets, and marriages through practices, for example, of teachers, financial analysts, and parents.

This page of EduClassics.com defines the term behavior patterns as it is commonly used among experimental empirical behavioral scientists.

Robert Heiny http://www.robertheiny.com

Robert W. Heiny, Ph.D. is a retired professor, social scientist, and business partner with previous academic appointments as a public school classroom teacher, senior faculty, or senior research member, and administrator. Appointments included at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peabody College and the Kennedy Center now of Vanderbilt University; and Brandeis University. Dr. Heiny also served as Director of the Montana Center on Disabilities. His peer reviewed contributions to education include publication in The Encyclopedia of Education (1971), and in professional journals and conferences. He served s an expert reviewer of proposals to USOE, and on a team that wrote plans for 12 state-wide and multistate special education and preschools programs. He currently writes user guides for educators and learners as well as columns for TuxReports.com.

Behavior Patterns

Behavior Patterns

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