or chiefly Brit  be*hav*iour*ism  n :  a school of psychology that takes the objective evidence of behavior (as measured responses to stimuli) as the only concern of its research and the only basis of its theory without reference to conscious experience - compare COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY  be*hav*ior*is*tic or chiefly Brit  be*hav*iour*is*tic  adj 
 
 
 
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