In the 1950s, the advent of computers had an enormous influence on how psychologists conceptualized the mind. In this conceptualization, the brain was analogous to:
A) computer hardware.
B) computer software.
C) an electrical source.
D) programming language.
A) computer hardware.
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a. Positively b. Negatively c. Zero d. Positively for women and negatively for men
Approximately 25 percent of the patients with sexual aversion disorder also suffer from associated a. panic attacks
b. paraphilias. c. hypoactive sexual desire disorder. d. gender dysphoria.
Social interaction researchers believe that children need models who can provide a scaffold by using speech that
a. does not exceed their processing capacities. b. falls just below their processing capacities. c. exceeds their processing capacities. d. exceeds their productive capacities but lags their receptive capacities.
B. F. Skinner is known for his theory of:
a. cognitive learning. b. intelligence. c. classical conditioning. d. operant conditioning.