Which contemporary view of behavior is considered reductionistic and mechanistic and seeks to explain behavior through the activity of genetics,
the endocrine system, and one's physiology?
a. behaviorist
b. biopsychological
c. psychodynamic
d. humanistic
ANSWER: b
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