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behaviorist

behaviorist

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A psychologist who studies actions and uses reward and punishment to change them
  • noun
  • /bɪˈheɪvjərɪst/
  • Specialized
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  • Most preservice teacher education programs focus on behaviorist-based instructional methods, while many graduate teacher programs encourage a constructivist stance.
  • behaviorist approach
  • behaviorist view
  • behaviorist theory

Now the the behaviorists call it covert behavior.

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Examples

  • Within the behaviorist perspective, teachers and pupils are seen as essentially manipulable by the researchers.

    Academic text (1995)

  • So at the core, I am a psychologist, A behaviorist at my core.

  • I sought out books and papers produced by practitioners who had made the transition from behaviorist teaching to whole language.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The student teacher received her training from a behaviorist-based physical education program.

    Academic text (1995)

  • So, for example, behaviorists would not refer to memory, only to the behavior of remembering.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Orthodox behaviorists insisted that the study of the mind be expressed in terms of stimulus and response.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The HOSTS Language Arts Program is a diagnostic, prescriptive, and continuous progress model derived primarily from behaviorist theories of learning.

    Academic text (2008)

  • As a child, she was influenced by a renowned behaviorist who taught her the importance of observable actions over internal thoughts.

  • In his studies, the behaviorist emphasized reinforcement techniques to shape children's learning experiences.

  • The school's curriculum was developed with input from a leading behaviorist, focusing on measurable actions and outcomes.

Synonyms

Skinnerian
vsbehaviorist
  • Specialized
9.1

A person who uses rewards and repetition to change behavior

takes a general scientific approach rather than following a single psychologist

How Behaviorist

Skinnerian
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9.1
behaviorist
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Surface Forms

behaviorist singular
behaviorists plural
behaviourists plural
behaviourist singular

Morphology

behaviorist = behavior (transparent) = behavior + ist

Standard suffixation of '-ist' to a field noun to form an agent noun meaning 'a person who practices or advocates behaviorism'; the relation is direct and predictable.

Etymology

The word behaviorist combines behavior ('what you do') with -ist ('a person who'), just like scientist. So a behaviorist is a person who studies actions you can see and how the environment shapes them.