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behaviorism definition

☆ be·hav·ior·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

the doctrine that observed behavior provides the only valid data of psychology: it rejects the concept of mind and consciousness

Etymology: behavior + -ism: coined (1913) by John B. Watson (1878-1958), U.S. psychologist

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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