Definitions

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  • noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.
  • adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of behaviorists or behaviorism.

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  • noun One who studies behavior of humans or animals.

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  • noun a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
  • adjective of or relating to behaviorism

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Examples

  • Dingo, believe it or not, in addition to calling a behaviorist recommended by Sephira’s breeder, we’re going to consult with a highly acclaimed and trusted person of trusted friends who also happens to be a doggy psychic.

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  • Those authors are echoed in the explicitly fascist character specific to the immediate circles of such "behaviorist" elements of President Barack Obama's inner circles within government as Rahm Emanuel and his brother, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Peter Orszag, and those co-opted, "outside" elements typified by Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner, within Obama's own present government.

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  • Such are those particular "behaviorist" beliefs of the Obama administration which has put the U.S. republic on the chutes to Hell right now.

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  • "behaviorist" type of syndrome among victims of such influences, is sometimes identified as

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  • He was succeeded by behaviorist John B. Watson and Freud in the 1920s, who preached that the first few years of life are critical in child rearing.

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  • He was succeeded by behaviorist John B. Watson and Freud in the 1920s, who preached that the first few years of life are critical in child rearing.

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  • Because Sandy is a dog behaviorist the phone never rings.

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  • He was succeeded by behaviorist John B. Watson and Freud in the 1920s, who preached that the first few years of life are critical in child rearing.

    Tove Hermanson: Age and Gender Appropriate Fashion Tove Hermanson 2010

  • For a well-socialized, emotionally stable dog with energy to burn, a well-run day care center "can be the best thing in the world," says Patricia McConnell, a certified animal behaviorist and author of The Other End of the Leash.

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  • He was succeeded by behaviorist John B. Watson and Freud in the 1920s, who preached that the first few years of life are critical in child rearing.

    Tove Hermanson: Age and Gender Appropriate Fashion Tove Hermanson 2010

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