Which of the following is true of B. F. Skinner's contribution to behaviorism?
A) He believed that organisms learn to behave in certain ways because they have been reinforced for doing so.
B) He focused on the relation between conscious experience and behavior in shaping the human psyche.
C) He used introspection to try to discover the basic elements of experience that influenced human behavior.
D) He stated that psychology should be defined as the study of behavior and mental processes.
A
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a. parents. c. technical advances. b. culture. d. teachers.
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a. 1940s b. 1960s c. 1980s d. 2000s
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