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 and divides as be-ha-vi-o-rism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.