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- behavior function
Behaviors have purposes, or reasons why, they occur. Many purposes are communicative in nature, whereas others are automatically reinforced (e.g., self-stimulatory behaviors). Functions can be to obtain something (e.g., tangibles/activities, social attention, self-stimulation) or to avoid/escape something (e.g., work/demands, feared stimuli).