Sentences with phrase «superstitious behavior»

Definition of a Superstitious Behavior: Accidentally or unintentionally reinforced behavior where a behavior is reinforced but the reinforcement occurred by random chance instead of in accordance with a specific contingency.

Handlers need to understand that punishing corrections will often lead to «superstitious behavior».

But according to an article in the Royal Society journal Biological Sciences, superstitious behaviors are a natural product of evolution.

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Results showed that not having control caused participants to mistakenly see an image in a field of static, to smell conspiracy in other people's benign behavior, to embrace superstitious beliefs and to perceive nonexistent stock - market trends.