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BEHAVIORISM [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

School of psychology or doctrine that focuses on observable data gathered from studies on man's response to stimulus (behavior).

OBS

Behaviorists objectively measure behavior and the way in which stimulus-response relationships are formed.

Key term(s)
  • behaviouristic psychology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Doctrine de Watson (1913), selon laquelle l'objet de la psychologie est exclusivement limité aux données observables du comportement extérieur, moteur, verbal, glandulaire, avec élimination totale de la conscience, sans aucun appel à l'introspection, ni aux processus physiologiques internes. En un sens plus large, ce terme est venu à désigner la psychologie objective.

Key term(s)
  • psychologie du comportement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 2 1994-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A behaviorist orientation that assumes that human behavior can be understood entirely in terms of the environment and that internal processes need not be taken into account.

OBS

Related terms: behaviorist orientation, neobehaviorism.

Key term(s)
  • radical behaviourism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Orientation behavioriste selon laquelle il est possible de comprendre entièrement le comportement humain en fonction du milieu, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de tenir compte des processus internes.

OBS

Termes connexes : néobehaviorisme, orientation behavioriste.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le Behaviorisme opérationnel a été fortement influencé par P.-W. Bridgman qui précisa la signification du terme "opérationnel" en insistant sur le fait que les concepts ne se réfèrent pas aux faits eux-mêmes, mais ont trait à la nature des opérations méthodologiques effectives.

Spanish

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