broad definition - any action of an organism that changes its relationship to its environment. Behavior provides outputs from the organism to the environment.
Basically, any interaction with the environment; any response, any change;
flowchart
A(behaviour)-->B(covert)-->D(not observable)
A-->C(overt)-->E(observable)
Explanations of Behaviour
- Biological
- Physiological an activity of the brain or other organs hormones, neurotransmitters,
- Ontogenetic origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological) usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult; lifespan
- Evolutionary lens of evolutionary history remnants of old thingies like getting goosebumps
- Functional How it may have evolved genetic drift (accidental) helped survive