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behaviorist

behaviorist

6.3
Relating to the idea that psychologists should study only visible actions
  • adjective
  • /bɪˈheɪvjərɪst/
  • Specialized
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  • The experiment was designed within a behaviorist framework, focusing only on measurable actions and responses.

There are situations where being behaviorist could help.

Examples

  • Because that doesn't fit into the behaviorist paradigm.

  • And that's how I learn language in a classic behaviourist framework.

  • There are situations where being behaviorist could help.

  • The underlying theory is based on behaviorist psychology, right?

  • I did have kind of my behaviourist head on for a minute One we were training.

  • While the HOSTS Language Arts Program has a clearly behaviorist theoretical basis, it also draws on elements of social interactional theories of learning and development.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And again, getting into psychologism and behaviorism, what is it that makes the Turing test a behaviorist test?

  • This explains how research questions arising from a behaviorist theoretical framework differ from those stressing the importance of cognition.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Beyond that, the rhetorical patterning of this passage is of particular importance to Kleist's narrativization of the historical event, since it presents Mirabeau's deed, in a rather behaviorist way, as a mindless act.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In the classroom, the teacher adopted a behaviorist approach by observing students' actions instead of their thoughts.

Synonyms

behavioral
vsbehaviorist
  • US
165 3.9

About how people or animals act

is specific to the psychological theory focusing on observable actions rather than general conduct
behavioristic
vsbehaviorist
  • Specialized
8.2

A way of studying learning that focuses on actions you can see

is used more in general psychology contexts rather than only learning theory

How Mind-Focused

mentalistic
  • Specialized
8.8
cognitive
  • Specialized
134 5.4
behaviorist
  • Specialized
6.3
mechanistic
7 7.4
physical
525 2.1

Surface Forms

behaviorist positive
behaviourist positive

Morphology

behaviorist = behavior (transparent) = behavior + ist

The noun 'behavior' plus the productive suffix '-ist' yields an adjective meaning 'relating to behaviorism'; the formation and meaning are regular and easily inferable.

Etymology

The word behaviorist comes from behavior ('what you do') and the ending -ist, like in artist or scientist. As an adjective, behaviorist describes ideas or methods that focus on actions you can see rather than inner thoughts.