Behavior vs Mentalize - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=Henry Theophilus Finck, title=Primitive Love and Love-Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It is interesting to observe, furthermore, that among the higher barbarians and civilized races, lust has become to a certain extent mentalized through hereditary memory and association. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Robert Sterling Yard, title=The Book of the National Parks, chapter=, edition=
, passage=During this time also life evolved from its inferred beginnings in the late Archean to the complicated, finely developed, and in man's case highly mentalized and spiritualized organization of To-day. }}
(psychology) To understand the behavior of others as a product of their mental state
*{{quote-journal, 1999, date=November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis, Science
, passage=Specific impairments of mentalizing in both developmental and acquired disorders suggest that this ability depends on a dedicated and circumscribed brain system. }}
*{{quote-journal, 1999, date=November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis, Science
, passage=Next Review Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis Chris D. Frith, 1 * Uta Frith 2 The ability to "mentalize ," that is to understand and manipulate other people's behavior in terms of their mental states, is a major ingredient in successful social interactions. }}
As a noun behavior
is (uncountable) human conduct relative to social norms.As a verb mentalize is
(usually|in passive) to make mental in nature, rather than physical.behavior
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* behaviour (everywhere except US) * (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
(en-noun)- He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
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* Adjectives often applied to "behavior": human, animal, physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, organizational, corporate, social, collective, parental, interpersonal, sexual, criminal, appropriate, inappropriate, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, good, bad, acceptable, unacceptable, poor, ethical, unethical, moral, immoral, responsible, irresponsible, normal, odd, deviant, abnormal, violent, abusive, aggressive, offensive, defensive, rude, stupid, undesirable, verbal, nonverbal, learned, professional, unprofessional, adaptive, compulsive, questionable, assertive, disgusting, self-destructive.External links
* * English words prefixed with be-mentalize
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