1951 J. Buchler Toward Gen. Theory Human Judgment i. 4 Any instance of his functioning, any event in his history enters into the proceptive direction.

1967 Jrnl.Philos. 64 753 Anything, or more technically, any natural complex which is present to an individual—which actually modifies or reinforces his proceptive direction—is part of his proceptive domain.

1973 S. Rosenzweig in J. Zubin & J. Money Contemp. Sexual Behavior 194 On the model of the terms conception, conceptus, and contraceptive, the words ‘proceptive’ and ‘extraceptive’ are here introduced... The term proceptive, referring to planned conception with a positive goal, is preferred to eugenic because it more specifically points to personal preferences instead of social regulation intended to improve racial stock.

1994 Behavioural Processes 31 157 Three aspects of proceptive behaviour, i.e. the tendency to ‘search the boar’, ‘stay close to the boar’ and ‘to present’ in front of the boar peaked in the middle of the receptive period.

2004 Jrnl. Sex Res. (Nexis) 41 279 Proceptive desire—the urge to seek out and initiate sexual activity—may be more common in men than in women, whereas receptive desire—the capacity to become aroused upon encountering certain sexual circumstances—may characterize women's sexuality more than men's.