what is an overt behavior???

Question

what is a covert behavior???
what is the difference between overt and covert behavior???
how to assess a person with this kind of behaviors???
thanks a lot for having your time to answer this question...

Answer 1

Overt = not hidden
http://www.answers.com/overt

Covert = hidden
http://www.answers.com/covert

Overt behaviors are easy to assess; you can see them; they aren't hidden.

Covert behaviors are not easy to assess since they cannot be seen.
I went to www.google.com and entered assess covert behavior, and here are the results:
http://www.google.com/search?q=assess+covert+behavior&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA

Answer 2

here are examples of covert and overt dating behaviours.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBX/is_2_13/ai_n16807435