Abreagieren
English translation: compensatory response
| 17:14 Mar 30, 2014 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Behavioural Psychology | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Michael Martin, MA United States Local time: 12:39 | ||||||
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| 4 -1 | return to their natural behavior/return to their natural movements/take on their regular tasks |
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| 3 | work off/ vent/ find release |
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| 3 | compensatory response |
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| some ideas |
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1 hr confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1return to their natural behavior/return to their natural movements/take on their regular tasks Explanation: My suggestion would be to use "return to their natural behavior (behaviour in BE)"/"return to their natural movements"/"take up their regular tasks" or a similar phrase. Without all further context this is difficult to decide. See also: http://klha.at/kl_mehr.html http://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/biologie/uebersprungverhalten... |
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13 hrs confidence:
work off/ vent/ find release Explanation: In English you vent/ work-off/ find release FROM something, or can be used in the infinitive. Either way, these suggestions would require restructuring the sentence. I hope this helps! http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&qu... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2014-03-31 09:15:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- correction: vent does not require FROM, and could therefore possibly be the best selection - at least from my suggestions: conditions causing the wasp to vent....? |
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20 hrs confidence:
compensatory response Explanation: .. cues triggering a (conditioned) compensatory response I was initially thinking of “blowing off steam” but that may be appropriate for dogs and humans but perhaps less so for wasps. Another term that seems to get a lot of use in similar contexts is "compensatory (behavioral) response." Fits the bill in my opinion but do ask some experts... |
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1 |
| Reference: some ideas Reference information: p. 43, right column “discharge” or “release”? http://books.google.ca/books?id=2vf7ZbLENzEC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA4... p.3 here Lorenz’ vs. Tinbergen’s terminology (“drive”) http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/ewaters/552-04/motivation/h... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2014-03-30 20:33:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- haha Sabine, und ich erinnere mich an die vielzitierte Übersprunghandlung, die ich (allerdings in einer späteren Phase) ständig bei meinen Kleinkindern diagnostizierte...:-) |
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