- peripheralism
- \\-rəˌlizəm\ noun
(-s)
: emphasis on sensory motor processes rather than cognitive or other central processes as determinants of behavior
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/peuh rif"euhr euh liz'euhm/, n. Psychol.the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.[PERIPHERAL + -ISM]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.