单词 | behaviorism |
释义 | behaviorism (bɪheɪvyərɪzəm) regional note: in BRIT, use behaviourism uncountable noun Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying thepsychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave. behavioristWord forms: behaviorists countable noun Animal behaviorists have been studying these monkeys for decades. behaviorism in American English (bɪˈheɪvjərˌɪzəm) US noun the doctrine that observed behavior provides the only valid data of psychology: it rejects the concept of mind and consciousness Derived forms behaviorist (beˈhaviorist) noun, adjective behavioristic (beˌhaviorˈistic) adjective Word origin behavior + -ism: coined (1913) by John B. Watson (1878-1958), U.S. psychologist |
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