BioConcepts

paratopic activityparatopische Aktivität (ger.)

• Behavior performed out of functional contexts.  
  category function

  1949

  Paratopic activities with paratreptic function […] “paratopic” means “out of place” in the sense of “out of context”.

  Armstrong, E.A. (1949). Diversionary display, part 1. Connotation and terminology. Ibis 91, 88-97: 97.