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Idealism vs Behaviorism - What's the difference?

idealism | behaviorism |

As nouns the difference between idealism and behaviorism

is that idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life while behaviorism is an approach to psychology focusing on behavior, denying any independent significance for mind and assuming that behavior is determined by the environment.

idealism

English

(wikipedia idealism)

Noun

  • The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  • (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

    • Synonyms

    * (philosophy) philosophical idealism

    Antonyms

    * (philosophy) materialism

    Derived terms

    * epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealism

    Related terms

    * idealist * idealistic * idealistically

    See also

    * realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalism

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism

    behaviorism

    English

    (wikipedia behaviorism)

    Alternative forms

    * behaviourism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an approach to psychology focusing on behavior, denying any independent significance for mind and assuming that behavior is determined by the environment

    • Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism ----