behaviouristic
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a word derived from
behaviourism.
behaviourismnouna 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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This may be attributed, later, to behaviouristic reflex responses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then, too, there is that new behaviouristic psychology.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton
I can only assure you that Mr. Stewart’s great work is founded upon all the most recent principles of behaviouristic psychology.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton
In order to understand how social suggestion can have so powerful an effect upon the reactions of the individual, we must revert once more to the principles of behaviouristic psychology.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Melvin Moses Knight
That is to say, we will construct, as far as possible, a purely behaviouristic account of truth and falsehood.
From The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell