Bandura criticized Skinner for his:

a. focus on operant, rather than respondent behavior.
b. lack of attention to physiological processes.
c. emphasis on individual animal subjects.
d. belief in observational learning.


ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Bandura criticized Skinner's emphasis on individual animal subjects rather than on human subjects interacting with one another. He argued that we cannot expect data from experiments that involve no social interaction to be relevant to the everyday, real world, because very few people live in social isolation.

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