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Behaviorism

The philosophy of the science of behavior, which addresses questions such as what counts as behavior and what counts as an explanation of it.

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Debates about whether thoughts can be studied scientifically belong to behaviorism.

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BCBA A.4 · Behaviorism and Philosophical FoundationsBehaviorism vs. EAB vs. ABA vs. science-guided professional practice
BCBA A.3 · Behaviorism and Philosophical FoundationsExplaining behavior through radical behaviorism

Applied behavior analysis
Experimental analysis of behavior
Explanatory fiction
Hypothetical construct
Mentalism
Methodological behaviorism

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