behaviorisms
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pluralof behaviorism.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
behaviorismnounthe 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.
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Small kind behaviorisms are seen in the street very much oftener now than just after the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Associated with this high degree of anxiety are displacement behaviorisms, including bill-wiping, reversal of direction on a single perch, and a nervous hopping from one perch to another.
From Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon by Jon C. Barlow
Other behaviorisms of this species indicate that it is not territorial.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen E. Woolfenden