---
aliases:
  en:
  - goal-directed
  - goal directed behavior
concept_id: goal_directed_behavior
preferred:
  en: goal-directed behavior
  ja: 目標指向的行動
relations:
  relations:
    prerequisite:
    - agent
    - goal
status: active
---

# goal-directed behavior

Behavior that is usefully modeled as selecting actions in service of achieving or preserving some objective across relevant situations, rather than merely producing locally correlated outputs without persistent pursuit of an end.

## prerequisite

- [agent](../terminology/agent.txt)
- [goal](../terminology/goal.txt)

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