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reflexive behavior

responses to stimuli that are involuntary or free from conscious control (e.g., the salivation that occurs with the presentation of food) and therefore serve as the basis for classical conditioning. Compare planned behavior; voluntary behavior.

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spirituality

spirituality

n.

1. a concern for or sensitivity to things of the spirit or soul, especially as opposed to materialistic concerns.

2. more specifically, a concern for God and a sensitivity to religious experience, which may include the practice of a particular religion but may also exist without such practice.

3. the fact or state of being incorporeal.