behaviorism

n. school of psychology that focuses on observable and measurable behavior

Behaviorism (also called learning perspective) is a philosophy of psychology based on the proposition that all things which organisms do — including acting, thinking and feeling—can and should be regarded as behaviors. The school of psychology maintains that behaviors as such can be described scientifically without recourse either to internal physiological events or to hypothetical constructs such as the mind. Behaviorism comprises the position that all theories should have observational correlates but that there are no philosophical differences between publicly observable processes (such as actions) and privately observable processes (such as thinking and feeling).
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
(synonym) behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
(hypernym) experimental psychology, psychonomics

The theory according to which mental states can be analyzed in terms of observable behavior or dispositions to engage in such behavior. <Discussion> <References> Jesse Prinz 

Synonyms and related words:
Adlerian psychology, Freudian psychology, Freudianism, Gestalt psychology, Horneyan psychology, Jungian psychology, Marxism, Pavlovian psychology, Reichian psychology, Skinnerian psychology, Watsonian psychology, analytical psychology, animalism, apperceptionism, association psychology, associationism, atomism, behavior therapy, behavioristic psychology, commonsense realism, configurationism, dialectical materialism, dianetics, earthliness, empiricism, epiphenomenalism, historical materialism, hylomorphism, hylotheism, hylozoism, materialism, mechanism, mental chemistry, metapsychology, natural realism, naturalism, new realism, orgone theory, physicalism, physicism, positive philosophy, positivism, pragmaticism, pragmatism, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic theory, realism, representative realism, secularism, stimulus-response psychology, structuralism, substantialism, temporality, worldliness,