• Human or animal activity studied in terms of motivation, direction, result, emotion, perception, or etiology.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Observable responses, actions, or activities of the client fitting the occasion or purpose
  The Omaha System
  Omaha Systems, 2005
• Sum total of the psyche that includes impulses, motivations, wishes, drives, instincts and cravings, as expressed by a person�s behavior or motor activity. Also called conation.
  Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
  BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
• The actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment or surrounding world of stimuli.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (conation) The conscious tendency to act, usually an aspect of mental process.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The internally coordinated responses (actions or inactions) of animals (individuals or groups) to internal or external stimuli, via a mechanism that involves nervous system activity.
  Gene Ontology Dictionary
  Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
• The observable response of a man or animal to a situation.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021