Psychiatry and Psychology

Appetitive Behavior

Animal searching behavior. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behavior pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating.

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Abstract

Animal searching behavior. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behavior pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating.

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7 entry terms
  • Searching Behavior
  • Appetitive Behaviors
  • Behavior, Appetitive
  • Behavior, Searching
  • Behaviors, Appetitive
  • Behaviors, Searching
  • Searching Behaviors

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

usually animal; introduct phase of instinctive behav; nothing to do with APPETITE, the desire for food

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68

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Previous Indexing

  • Behavior (1966-1967)

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  1. F01.145.113w.111

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Appetitive Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001070. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001070
  2. Appetitive Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67080668