A scientific approach that limits the study of psychology to measurable or observable behavior.

coined 1913 by U.S. psychologist John B. Watson (1878-1958) from behavior + -ism. Behaviorist is from the same time.

The school of psychology founded on the premise that behavior is measurable and can be changed through the application of various behavioral principles.

Belief that all mental phenomena can be explained by reference to publicly observable behavior or dispositions to behave. Modern psychology, exemplified by Watson and Skinner, is founded on the method [..]

A view of the actions of animals that postulates that behavior can be analyzed functionally in terms of stimulus and response combinations. Thus, most of behavior is a function of the experience of the organism in this view. benthic

n. a scientific approach to psychology in which the study is based on observable, quantifiable facts and not on subjective thoughts and emotions. In order to be objective and verifiable, the stimuli a [..]

An approach to psychology by John Watson in 1913 that is based on quantitaive factors and not qualitative unseen factors.

The school of thought that stresses the need for psychology to be an objective science. In other words, that psychology should be a science based on observable (and only observable) events, not the un [..]

A psychological theory that claims all mental states can be reduced to statements of observable behaviors. In learning theory, the claim is all learning is based on a stimulus-response relationship. S [..]

a school of thought in psychology emphasizing the importance of overt behavior responses over conscious experience for understanding human social interactions

Behaviorism is a theory of learning based upon the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. Behaviorism focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts any independent acti [..]

(n) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

A theoretical perspective, also called learning perspective, made famous by Ivan Pavlov, John  B. Watson, B.F.Skinner, Edward Lee Throndike, in which behaviour is explained by external stimuli and learning processes.

A Psychologic Theory, developed by John Broadus Watson, concerned with studying and measuring Behaviors that are observable.

A psychologic theory developed by James B. Watson concerned with studying and measuring behaviors that are observable.

The scientific philosophy of behavior analysis.

The philosophy of the science of human behavior. It is the position that we can study behavior scientifically and that we do so by finding the variables of which it is a function. Modern behaviorism i [..]

(p.196) - a recent version of materialism; mental concepts are really statements of dispositions to behave in particular ways; mental concepts can be translated into concepts referring to observable behavior Epiphenomenalism

The notion that all human action is a conditioned response to external, environmental stimuli.