behaviourism
(bɪˈheɪvjəˌrɪzəm) orbehaviorism
n
1. (Psychology) a school of psychology that regards the objective observation of the behaviour of organisms (usually by means of automatic recording devices) as the only proper subject for study and that often refuses to postulate any intervening mechanisms between the stimulus and the response
2. (Philosophy) the doctrine that the mind has no separate existence but that statements about the mind and mental states can be analysed into statements about actual and potential behaviour. Compare materialism2 See also mind-body problem
beˈhaviourist, beˈhaviorist adj, n
beˌhaviourˈistic, beˌhaviorˈistic adj
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| Noun | 1. |  behaviourism - an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behaviorexperimental psychology, psychonomics - the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues reflexology - the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms |
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behaviourism
[bɪˈheɪvjərɪzəm] (British) behaviorism (US) n → behaviorisme mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
behaviourism
, (US) behaviorismn → Behaviorismus m
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