BEHAVIORISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behaviorism mean? 

• BEHAVIORISM (noun)
  The noun BEHAVIORISM has 1 sense:

1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

  Familiarity information: BEHAVIORISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEHAVIORISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

behaviorism; behavioristic psychology; behaviourism; behaviouristic psychology

Hypernyms ("behaviorism" is a kind of...):

experimental psychology; psychonomics (the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "behaviorism"):

reflexology (the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms)

Derivation:

behaviorist (a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism)

behavioristic (of or relating to behaviorism)