Definition of "behaviourist" [behaviourist]

• One who studies behaviour, in humans or animals. (noun)

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• "In contradiction of the prevailing 'behaviourist' view that language was learned, Chomsky argued that the human mind is actually hard-wired for grammatical thought."
• "Maj-Gen Mackay's paper claims that if the military was to be successful in battle, it had to put more focus on understanding the culture, economy and psychology of the Taliban, using a more "behaviourist" approach alongside its traditional "kinetic" power."
• "The author critiques Patrick Seale's masterly biography of Hafez Assad for claiming that "Asad is Syria, and Syria is Asad", however such an attack on the behaviourist approach can only hold water if the work truly managed to propose a different hypothesis."