behavioristics

noun plural but singular in construction

be·​hav·​ior·​is·​tics

bi-ˌhā-vyə-ˈri-stiks,

bē-

variants or British behaviouristics

bi-ˌhā-vyə-ˈri-stiks,

bē-

: a physicalistic science of individual and social behavior wherein an organism's responses to its environment are studied

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