The Emergence Machine

Behavior

process · Biology · Level 5 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Behavior is the dynamic pattern of movement and transformation in response to stimuli, which unfolds over time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “behavior” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “behavior”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
behavior
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0BehaviorOrganismCellFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAdaptation EcoL6AimL6CommunicationL6Competition Abst…L6ComponentL6BehaviorL5ActionL1OrganismL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Behavior is the observable actions of an organism
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Behavior refers to the actions and responses of living organisms to stimuli, emerging from neural, hormonal, and genetic processes.

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