Behavioral
processes are between mental processes and material processes. They
are close to mental processes, but they reflect an active conscious process.
Verbs representing behavioral processes can be used in progressive forms,
while verbs expressing mental processes cannot. For example: watch,
look, stare, peep, etc. are behavioral but see
is not (except in expressions like see a film); listen
is behavioral, hear is mental. Typically, behavioral processes
have only one participant, the behaver.
In some cases, there is a quasi-participant called range,
which adds specification to the process.
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