On Sellars's view, characterizing people as knowers does not require attributing to them a special inner psychological state but merely involves noting their ability to engage in various public behaviours, such as giving reasons for what they claim to know.
It is, therefore, possible to produce a questionnaire based on the TPB model to predict intention to perform a given behaviour, such as uptake of a genetic test or preventive treatment, i.e. acceptability.
The questionnaire identifies adaptive emotion regulation strategies such as problem-oriented approach, distraction, lifting mood, acceptance, forgetting, reappraisal and cognitive problem-solving, as well as maladaptive coping strategies such as giving up, aggressive behaviour, withdrawal, self-deprecation and perseveration.
Winnie is a raucous nun given to most un-nunlike behaviour such as smoking, drinking and having a knees-up in the living room with her close friend Stephen, a middle-aged folk singer too shy to perform in public.
Curious behaviour towards cranial nerve assessment, characterised by sniffing and nibbling of animal handlers and instruments, gave way to increasingly aversive behaviour, such as head twisting and tossing or jerky head movements.
He asked staff whether they considered behaviour such as taking food or drink without paying, misreporting tips and giving food to friends as theft; results varied.
Deimatic behaviour in animals means any pattern of threatening or startling behaviour, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, so as to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape.
Many exhibited repetitive behaviour, such as repeatedly pacing.
The first is externalizing behaviour, such as aggression and hyperactivity, and the second is internalizing behaviour, such as depression and anxiety.
Emotional abuse meant exposure to behaviour such as harshness and name-calling from parents.
