neobehaviorism
n. an approach to psychology influenced by logical positivism that emphasized the development of comprehensive theories and frameworks of behavior, such as those of Clark L. Hull and Edward C. Tolman, through empirical observation of behavior and the use of consciousness and mental events as explanatory devices. It thus contrasted with classical behaviorism, which was concerned with freeing psychology of mentalistic concepts and explanations. According to Sigmund Koch, neobehaviorism replaced classical behaviorism as the dominant 20th-century program for experimental psychology around 1930; its influence began to wane in the 1950s. See also radical behaviorism. —neobehaviorist
adj., n.