What's the meaning of "get the behavior"?

I've come across with the line below:

When we choose the wrong measurement, we get the wrong behavior.

As you know "get" is a mulitiple meaning word [1]:

• RECEIVE


• OBTAIN


• BRING


• BUY


• MONEY


• HAVE A FEELING/IDEA


• HAVE/EXPERIENCE


• ACHIEVE

...

I don't understand which one is the proper meaning. So could you please tell me what the meaning of "get the behavior" is?

The full text is:

The dark side of tracking a particular behavior is that we become driven by the number rather than the purpose behind it. If your success is measured by quarterly earnings, you will optimize sales, revenue, and accounting for quarterly earnings. If your success is measured by a lower number on the scale, you will optimize for a lower number on the scale, even if that means embracing crash diets, juice cleanses, and fat-loss pills. The human mind wants to “win” whatever game is being played. This pitfall is evident in many areas of life. We focus on working long hours instead of getting meaningful work done. We care more about getting ten thousand steps than we do about being healthy. We teach for standardized tests instead of emphasizing learning, curiosity, and critical thinking. In short, we optimize for what we measure. When we choose the wrong measurement, we get the wrong behavior. This is sometimes referred to as Goodhart’s Law. Named after the economist Charles Goodhart, the principle states, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

Atonic Habits by James clear

[1] https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/get

Answer

The meaning of "get" here is closest to "receive" from the list of definitions you have given.

The sentence you give is really talking about cause and effect; that is you do one thing, and something else happens. "Choosing a measurement" is the cause, and the effect is the behaviour you receive or get back.

If he is speaking about our own behaviour, then it isn't really the best choice of words overall. I wouldn't say that we "receive" our own behaviour; it is something we choose or display. I think the problem here is that the author is flitting between the point of view of the reader and his own point of view as an impartial observer.

Just to clarify further the meaning of "behaviour" - this word is not exclusively used to describe human behaviour, but also the way things behave, such as the way chemicals react in a science experiment.