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Noun behaviorism has 1 sense
  1. behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology - an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
    --1 is a kind of experimental psychology, psychonomics

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Behaviorism

Noun:

1. The theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behaviors, disregarding any subjective mental processes.

Example sentence: Many psychologists during the early 20th century embraced behaviorism as a framework for understanding human behavior.

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Noun:

2. The set of behaviors exhibited by an individual or a group in response to particular circumstances or situations.

Example sentence: The behaviorism of adults is often influenced by the environment they were raised in.

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Related words: psychology, stimuli, behaviorist, conditioning

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