The phrase "attributed the behavior of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasons or causes behind someone's actions or conduct, often in a psychological or analytical context.
Example: "The researchers attributed the behavior of the subjects to environmental factors."
Alternatives: "ascribed the behavior of" or "linked the behavior of".
The fundamental attribution error (FAE) refers to the predisposition for people to attribute the behavior of others to dispositional characteristics, rather than situational causes external to the individual.
No one knows for sure how much the spread of the AIDS virus among blacks can be attributed to the behavior of bisexual men.
This can be attributed to the behavior of the temporary plugging agent in the porous media.
The magnitudes of the maximums of the thermopower at ε d = 0 are different from those at -U, which can be attributed to the behavior of the electric conductance in Figure 2a.
This could be attributed to the behavior of the elastomeric module which caused an augmentation of the critical angle (θ c) by accommodating the deflection of the wire (Figure 2).
According to a geological study by Kamata and Kodama (1999), this extensional feature can be attributed to the behavior of the Ryukyu Trench, which is located southeast of Kyushu Island, and this trench might act relatively as an extension force on Kyushu by its roll-back.
For instance, the spatial and temporal changes in a stress field can be attributed to the behavior of a shear zone such as the San Andreas Fault zone (Zoback et al. 1987; Hardebeck and Hauksson 2001; Townend and Zoback 2001, 2004; Hardebeck and Michael 2004).
This phenomenon has been known for a long time (Naismith et al. 1961; Rao and Rao, 1969; Adler and Manzano 1995) and is attributed to the behavior of geomagnetic activity throughout the solar cycle (Mikhailov and Mikhailov 1995; Apostolov and Alberca 1995).
Thus, as small-bodied focal animals had ample opportunity to demonstrate reproductive interest, the lack of reproductive behavior in these individuals cannot be attributed to the behavior of their potential mating partners.
