Automatic behavior — Automatic behavior, from the Greek automatos or self acting, is the spontaneous production of often purposeless verbal or motor behavior without conscious self control or self censorship. This condition can be observed in a variety of contexts,… … Wikipedia
Automatic behavior — A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious control. This curious type of behavior occurs in a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The neurologic disorders associated with… … Medical dictionary
Behavior analysis of child development — Child development in behavior analytic theory has origins in John B. Watson s behaviorism.[1] Watson wrote extensively on child development and conducted research (see Little Albert experiment). Watson was instrumental in the modification of… … Wikipedia
Automatic transmission — An automatic transmission (commonly AT or Auto ) is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. Similar but larger devices are also used for heavy… … Wikipedia
Automatic test pattern generation — ATPG (acronym for both Automatic Test Pattern Generation and Automatic Test Pattern Generator) is an electronic design automation method/technology used to find an input (or test) sequence that, when applied to a digital circuit, enables testers… … Wikipedia
Automatic number plate recognition — The system must be able to deal with different styles of license plates … Wikipedia
automatic pilot — noun Date: 1916 1. autopilot 1 2. a state or condition in which activity or behavior is regulated automatically in a predetermined or instinctive manner < would go on automatic pilot and repeat all his standard denunciations G. J. Church > … New Collegiate Dictionary
behavior — 1. Any response emitted by or elicited from an organism. 2. Any mental or motor act or activity. 3. Specifically, parts of a total response pattern. [M.E., fr. O. Fr. avoir, to have] adaptive b. any b. that enables an organism to adjust to a… … Medical dictionary
Applied behavior analysis — (ABA) is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior. ABA takes what we know about behavior and uses it to bring about positive change (Applied). Behaviors are defined in… … Wikipedia
Undefined behavior — In computer programming, undefined behavior is a feature of some programming languages most famously C.[1] In these languages, to simplify the specification and allow some flexibility in implementation, the specification leaves the results of… … Wikipedia
