Behaviorism
Definitions
An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
US, countable, uncountable
Equivalents
16 more languages
العربيةالسّلوكيّة
Češtinabehaviorismus
Ελληνικάσυμπεριφορισμός
Italianocomportamentismo
日本語行動主義
Қазақ тілібихевиоризм
한국어행동주의
Nederlandsbehaviorisme
Polskibehawioryzm
Türkçedavranışçılık
Examples
“Behaviorism is considered by most philosophers of medicine, to be an expression of the weaker, minimalist interpretation of the 'medical model⟳' of clinical psychology because it focuses the study⟳ and classification of mental disorders upon a phenomenological, rather than a pathophysiological, approach⟳ to the subject.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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