behaviorism

Questions about behaviorism

What does behaviorism mean?

behaviorism means "an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior".

How many syllables are in behaviorism?

behaviorism has 5 syllables: be-ha-vi-o-rism. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for behaviorism?

Close synonyms include behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is behaviorism a common word?

behaviorism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.