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How to pronounce behaviourism in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
Type of experimental psychology, psychonomics
Has types reflexology
Derivation behaviourist, behaviouristic

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One of the side effects of behaviourism is the effect that it has on game makers.
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In psychology, a positivistic approach has historically been favoured in behaviourism.
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Understanding ethology, or animal behaviourism, is very important in animal training.
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First, the authors analyse six similarities between natural selection and behaviourism.
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The San Francisco Revolution is most closely aligned with behaviourism.
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For Fodor, this position emerges naturally out of his criticism of behaviourism and associationism.
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The answer is not just more computation or behaviourism.
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So, you can see, I am not sympathetic with behaviourism.
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Part 5 examined the use of behaviourism, psycho-analysis and physiological manipulation as applied to education.
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More examples
  • Behaviorism: an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
  • (behaviouristic) behavioristic: of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology"
  • An approach to psychology focusing on behaviour, denying any independent significance for mind and assuming that behaviour is determined by the environment
  • (behaviourist) some things are not genetically based - relationships of animals to environment and other animals - isolated mothers don't raise young successfully - use deductive reasoning - observe behaviour, don't impute intelligence
  • This is a general theory of learning developed by B F Skinner. It sees learning as the formation of habits. Environmental factors (input,teacher, classroom, etc.) are seen as more important than the student's mental, internal factors.
  • The focus of this philosophical orientation to teaching is on developing certain predetermined behaviours. It is characterized by question and answer, repetitious activities such as drills and memorization, and immediate feedback. ...
  • The theory of mind according to which mental states are identical to behaviour or behavioural dispositions.
  • One of the major perspectives in psychology that concentrates on overt (observable) behaviour rather than covert (unobservable) mental processing. Behaviours are seen as being acquired through the processes of learning, and the role of the environment is seen to be crucial in development.
  • An early approach to psychology that examined the responses of people to particular stimuli. Tended to ignore mediation by social factors. See behaviouralism.