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Noun: neobehaviorism
  1. A school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behaviour and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality.
    "Behaviorism underwent a remarkable development from the less sophisticated formulations of Watson to the brilliant neobehaviorism of Skinner."

Type of: behaviorism [US], behavioristic psychology [US], behaviourism [Brit, Cdn], behaviouristic psychology [Brit, Cdn]