behaviourism

Questions about behaviourism

What does behaviourism mean?

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

How many syllables are in behaviourism?

behaviourism has 5 syllables: be-ha-vi-ou-rism. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for behaviourism?

Close synonyms include behaviorism, 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 behaviourism a common word?

behaviourism 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.