Question

John Watson believed that in order to be categorized as a science, psychology needed to focus on observable behaviors that could be measured. Science relies on the use of descriptions of abstract properties (for example, aggression) in terms of concrete terms (for example, hitting, biting, yelling, tail-gating). In science, this process is known as a/an________.

Answer 1

Answer: Behavior

Behaviorism and Behavioral Psychology, is a term that encompasses several theories of psychology whose main object of study is behavior. Behaviorism was established with the publication of Watson's classic work "Psychology as the behaviorist sees it".