behavioristic
Americanadjective
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Psychology. tending toward or characteristic of behaviorism.
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relating to behavior, especially as studied by psychologists.
Other Word Forms
- behavioristically adverb
Example Sentences
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They look at it from a behavioristic point of view.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Echoing the behavioristic psychology of their time, the machines exploited basic instincts to chase, eat, or startle, making living things into cogs in a process.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2014
It forms the basis of much of modern " behavioristic " psychology, and suggests how reflexes and instincts can be re-educated into new habits of conduct.
From Time Magazine Archive
The book is more than a sneer at psychoanalysis and its father, Sigmund Freud; it is also a loose-jointed exposition of the wonders of Author Salter's own specialty, behavioristic psychology.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were many variations to this behavioristic pattern.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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