BEHAVIORISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behavioristic psychology mean? 

• BEHAVIORISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun BEHAVIORISTIC PSYCHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

  Familiarity information: BEHAVIORISTIC PSYCHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

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• BEHAVIORISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (noun)

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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 ("behavioristic psychology" 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 "behavioristic psychology"):

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