comportamientos escalonados
English translation: stepped behaviors
| 11:57 Feb 14, 2018 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Environment & Ecology / recycling behaviour | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Francois Boye United States Local time: 19:58 | ||||
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behaviour/behavior journeys through stages OR behaviour/behavior through stages Explanation: Unravelling the psychology of recycling | Resource Magazine https://resource.co/article/Futurevision/Unravelling_psychol... 10 Nov 2010 - A learned behaviour journeys through four stages: level one: unconsciously incompetent; level two: consciously incompetent; level three: consciously competent; and finally level four: unconsciously competent. As previously mentioned, much of the challenge facing recycling participation now isn't simply ... |
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scaled behaviours Explanation: Literally. Sounds terrible, but that's what it is. A scale of "behaviours". Normally used in things like time and motion studies (or whatever they're called nowadays) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2018-02-14 15:43:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And, for example, measured by: "A recycling behaviour scale comprising four items regarding levels and types of recycling activities, scored on a five-point itemized category format"... (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.457... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2018-02-14 15:45:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NB: Yesterday, an asker complained that the references I posted were "from another field" not specifically related with the query. I'd just like to add that my approach to kudoz queries can be rather scattergun, and often I'm simply posting links containing examples of usage, which may not often be in the exact thematic area pertaining to the query. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2018-02-14 16:03:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Schlegelmilch, B. B., Bohlen, G. M. & Diamantopoulos, A. (1996) studied the variables specific to environmental consciousness by using a knowledge scale, an attitudes scale, recycling behaviour scale and a political action scale." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2018-02-14 16:05:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62220/2/62220.pdf Example sentence(s):
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/learning-love-clarity-david-watkins/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168159193901226 |
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tiered behaviors Explanation: Another possibility. This would be my preference. |
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stepped behaviors Explanation: stepped is an adjective associated with the concept of step function defined in this attachment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function See also this example of stepped behavior: https://www.accountingcoach.com/blog/what-does-stepped-cost-... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2018-02-14 16:29:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NB: behaviors or behaviours -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2018-02-14 18:16:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Función_escalonada -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2018-02-15 00:06:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- stepped behavior = a behavior that does not change continuously because it moves from one stage to another. This is what a step (escalonada) function expresses |
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