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An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- Behaviorism is considered by most philosophers of medicine, to be an expression of the weaker, minimalist interpretation of the 'medical model' of clinical psychology because it focuses the study and classification of mental disorders upon a phenomenological, rather than a pathophysiological, approach to the subject.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: behavioral psychology
Antonyms: none provided
The theory that a mental state is identical to the disposition or tendency to behave in accordance with the physical causes; statements about the mind are reducible to statements of physical behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- Supporters of behaviorism claim that to be "in pain" is nothing more than the tendency to wince, yelp, scream "ouch!" and so on; the subjective experience of pain does not exist.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: logical behaviorism, philosophical behaviorism, analytical behaviorism, analytic behaviorism, analytic behaviourism, analytical behaviourism, behaviorism, behaviourism, logical behaviourism, philosophical behaviourism
Antonyms: none provided
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experimental psychology, psychonomics
Narrower terms: reflexology
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Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bashkir:
бихевиоризм
(bixeviorizm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Bulgarian:
бихевиори́зъм
(biheviorízǎm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Catalan:
conductisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Chinese Mandarin:
行為主義 /行为主义
(xíngwéizhǔyì)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Czech:
behaviorismus
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Dutch:
behaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Estonian:
biheiviorism
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Finnish:
käyttäytymistiede
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Finnish:
behaviorismi
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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French:
béhaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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French:
comportementalisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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German:
Behaviorismus
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Greek:
συμπεριφορισμός
(symperiforismós)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Greenlandic:
behaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Hungarian:
behaviorizmus
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Italian:
comportamentismo
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Japanese:
行動主義
(kōdōshugi)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Kazakh:
бихевиоризм
(bixeviorizm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Korean:
행동주의
(haengdongjuui)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Kyrgyz:
бихевиоризм
(biheviorizm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Latvian:
biheviorisms
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Malay:
ketingkahlakuan
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Malay:
behaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Norwegian Bokmål:
behaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Norwegian Bokmål:
adferdspsykologi
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Norwegian Bokmål:
atferdspsykologi
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
behaviorisme
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
åtferdspsykologi
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Polish:
behawioryzm
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Portuguese:
behaviorismo
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Portuguese:
comportamentismo
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Romanian:
behaviorism
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Russian:
бихевиори́зм
(bixeviorízm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Russian:
бихевиори́стика
(bixeviorístika)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Serbo-Croatian:
biheviorizam
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Serbo-Croatian:
бихевиоризам
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Spanish:
conductismo
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Spanish:
behaviorismo
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Swedish:
behaviorism
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Turkish:
davranışçılık
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Ukrainian:
біхевіори́зм
(bixeviorýzm)
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
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Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa hành vi
— approach to psychology focusing on behavior
