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