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behaviourismSchool of psychology originating in the USA, of which the leading exponent was John B Watson. Behaviourists maintain that all human activity can ultimately be explained in terms of conditioned reactions or reflexes and habits formed in consequence. Leading behaviourists include Ivan Pavlov and B F Skinner.
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| As is often the case, educational problems are now judged by sociologists, behaviorists, and psychologists as the occasion for applying exciting, innovative therapy techniques of unknown effectiveness. We now have physiologists, behaviorists, and epidemiologists working with community and transportation planners, builders, developers, and economists studying the link between obesity and how we construct our environment. Behaviorists were among the first to isolate and predict how specific actions could lead to and change specific behaviors in all animals, including humans. |
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