BEHAVIOURISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behaviouristic psychology mean? 

• BEHAVIOURISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun BEHAVIOURISTIC PSYCHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

  Familiarity information: BEHAVIOURISTIC PSYCHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

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• BEHAVIOURISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (noun)

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Meaning:

An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

behaviorism; behavioristic psychology; behaviourism; behaviouristic psychology

Hypernyms ("behaviouristic psychology" is a kind of...):

experimental psychology; psychonomics (the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "behaviouristic psychology"):

reflexology (the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms)