behaviourismnoun [ U ]
UK specialized US behaviorism uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjə.rɪ.zəm/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ.ɪ.zəm/the theory that the study of the human mind should be based on people's actions and behaviour, and not on what they say that they think or feel
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive psychology
- commit
- committal
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- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- screw sb up
- shock therapy
- shrink
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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behaviourist
adjective, noun [ C ] US behaviorist uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjə.rɪst/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ.ɪst/
He's written a behaviourist account of the emotions.