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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024be•hav•ior•ism /bɪˈheɪvyəˌrɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Psychiatry, Psychologythe theory that psychology can be studied only through the examination and analysis of behavioral events that can be observed, and not by trying to examine mental states.
be•hav•ior•ist, n. [countable]the most famous of the behaviorists.be•hav•ior•is•tic, adj.: Behavioristic analyses can't tell us much about language ability.be•hav•ior•is•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024be•hav•ior•ism (bi hāv′yə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. [Psychol.]- Psychiatry, Psychologythe theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
be•hav′ior•ist, n., adj. be•hav′ior•is′tic, adj. be•hav′ior•is′ti•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: behaviourism, US behaviorism /bɪˈheɪvjəˌrɪzəm/ n - 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
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