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noun
British standard spelling of behaviorism (“an approach to psychology focusing on behavior”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
British standard spelling of behaviorism (“statements about mental states are reducible to statements of physical behavior”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: logical behaviourism, philosophical behaviourism, analytical behaviourism, analytic behaviorism, analytic behaviourism, analytical behaviorism, behaviorism, behaviourism, philosophical behaviorism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experimental psychology, psychonomics
Narrower terms: reflexology
History
Etymology tree English behaviour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English behaviourism From behaviour + -ism.
