Definition of associationism in English:
associationism
noun əsəʊsɪˈeɪʃnɪzəməsoʊsiˈeɪʃnɪzəm
mass nounA theory in philosophy or psychology which regards the simple association or co-occurrence of ideas or sensations as the primary basis of meaning, thought, or learning.
Example sentencesExamples
- Psychological behaviorism is associationism without appeal to mental events.
- At this point, the regime began to get nervous about the spread of associationism, and it responded by refusing to legalize more independent housewife organizations.
- Many theologians hold that these attributes are metaphorical rather than real, since comparison of God to human beings is strictly forbidden due to fears of associationism.
- The Romantic conception of the self was an outgrowth of Kant's critique of associationism.
Derivatives
noun & adjective
He analyzes various traditions of nineteenth-century associationist psychiatry in remarkably original terms.
Example sentencesExamples
- Consider now the rise of the associationist paradigm.
- He objects to both the associationist and Darwinian approaches to the understanding of mind.
- Cognitive theories of learning have moved away from the associationist view and tried to explain the influences of other processes, such as attention, imagination, thinking, and feeling.
- Not all behavioral associationists, to be sure, shared Skinner's disdain for theory.
Definition of associationism in US English:
associationism
nounəsoʊsiˈeɪʃnɪzəməsōsēˈāSHnizəm
A theory in philosophy or psychology which regards the simple association or co-occurrence of ideas or sensations as the primary basis of meaning, thought, or learning.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Romantic conception of the self was an outgrowth of Kant's critique of associationism.
- At this point, the regime began to get nervous about the spread of associationism, and it responded by refusing to legalize more independent housewife organizations.
- Psychological behaviorism is associationism without appeal to mental events.
- Many theologians hold that these attributes are metaphorical rather than real, since comparison of God to human beings is strictly forbidden due to fears of associationism.