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abnormal behavior

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abnormal behavior [ab′nȯr·məl be′hāv·yər]
(psychology)
Personality functioning that is socially undesirable or that renders the individual unable to cope with day-to-day living. Also known as behavior disorder.


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On the converse experiment, if you just inject IL-6 into the mother, that will give rise to offspring with abnormal behaviors.
It was the seemingly abnormal behavior, like Knowles's obsessive chanting of the phrase "Emily likes to watch TV," with different words emphasized each time, that fascinated Wilson.
People with mental illness have many normal moments, maybe as many as they have when they're engaged in abnormal behavior.
 
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