Behaviourism

Definition: Behaviourism

Behaviourism

Noun

1. An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Usually applied to a theoretical approach to psychology, which emphasizes the importance of an objective study of actual responses. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Behaviourism

Synonyms: behaviorism (n), behavioristic psychology (n), behaviouristic psychology (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Behaviourism and the limits of scientific method (reference) Behaviourism and Whole Language (The Whole Language Workshop Video Series) (reference) How to Do and Say in England: A Trim Kompaktikum for Students of the English Talk and Society Behaviourism (reference) J.B. Watson: The Founder of Behaviourism (reference) (more book examples)
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"Behaviourism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.78% of the time. "Behaviourism" is used about 82 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.78%	81	36,835
Noun (proper)	1.22%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	82	N/A

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Language		Translations for "behaviourism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		biheviorizëm (behaviorism). (various references)

Arabic		‏نظرية سلوكية (behaviorism), ‏نظرية (behaviorism, notion, theory), ‏سلوكية (behaviorism), ‏الإنسان علم النفس الحقيقي (behaviorism). (various references)

Bulgarian		бихейвиоризъм (behaviorism). (various references)

Czech		nauka o chování (behaviorism). (various references)

Danish		behaviorisme (behaviorism). (various references)

Dutch		behaviourisme, behaviorism (behaviorism), gedragspsychologie (behaviorism). (various references)

French		behaviorisme (behavioral science, behaviorism, behavioural science). (various references)

German		Behaviorismus (behaviorism, behaviourist movement). (various references)

Greek		ψυχολογία της θερμότητος (behaviorism). (various references)

Hebrew		תורת �"�"ת� �"�'ות (behaviorism). (various references)

Hungarian		viselkedés-lélektan (behaviorism), behaviorizmus (behaviorism). (various references)

Italian		behaviorismo (behaviorism), comportamentismo (behaviorism). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"ニル樹脂 (beaver, beefsteak, beer garden, beer hall, before service, behaviour, behind, bibliography, bibliomania, bivouac, chatter mark, Lactobacillus bifidus, vibraphone, vibrato, vinegar, vinyl resin, vinylon, vivid). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"ヘイ�"アリズ� . (various references)

Manx		ymmyrkys. (various references)

Pig Latin		ehaviourismbay

Portuguese		comportamento (actions, bearing, behavior, behaviorism, behaviour, carriage, comportment, conduct, course, dealing, demean, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, moral, ongoings, performance, proceeding, walking). (various references)

Romanian		behaviorism (behaviorism). (various references)

Russian		бихевиоризм (behaviorism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		biheviorizam (behaviorism). (various references)

Spanish		behaviorismo (behaviorism). (various references)

Swedish		behaviorism (behaviorism). (various references)

Thai		ทฤษฎีเกี่ยวกับพฤติกรรมมนุษย์ (ทางจิตวิทยา) (behaviorism). (various references)

Turkish		davranışçılık (behaviorism). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-i-i-m-o-r-s-u-v"
	-1 letter: behaviorism, misbehavior.
	-2 letters: behaviours.
	-3 letters: behaviors, behaviour.
	-4 letters: aerobium, ambusher, behavior, bioherms, biramose, biramous, bohemias, bohriums, bouviers, haviours, obeahism, viremias.
	-5 letters: abusive, ambries, amusive, bariums, beamish, bearish, beauish, bioherm, boarish, bohemia, bohrium, bouvier, bravoes, bushier, erbiums, haviors, haviour, heroism, hombres, imbrues, isobare, ivories, mihrabs, misaver, mishear, mohairs, mousier, mushier, ourebis, ovaries, rhombus, rhumbas, sambhur, saviour.
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