behaviorist

Speech parts

1. behaviorist - Noun

2. behaviorist - Adjective

Meaning

a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism

of or relating to behaviorism

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

behaviourist behavioristic behaviouristic behavior conduct psychologist hypnotist behaviour mannered psychonomics behavioral behavioural operant conditioning parapsychologist functional analysis
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Hypernyms

psychologist

Related terms

behaviorism behaviourism behavioristic behaviouristic

Examples

As a brain researcher, I'd started out simply accepting the strictly objective principles of the behaviorist position. Roger Wolcott Sperry

behavioristic psychology Source: Internet

At the moment we must content ourselves, as the methodological behaviorist insists, with a person's genetic and environment histories. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, behaviorist researchers used simple dichotomous models (pleasure/pain, reward/punishment) and well-established principles such as the idea that a thirsty creature will take pleasure in drinking. Source: Internet

As dog trainer and behaviorist Alexandra Bassett told the American Kennel Club, “All dogs have a mating drive and den instincts; it’s part of what’s called their ‘pack drive.' Source: Internet

Anyone from Thomas Hobbes to Don Draper could have told you that choices, in this behaviorist sense, fit just as well with authoritarian institutions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

behavioreme behavioremic behaviorism behavioristic behavioristic psychology behavioristically