The most important limitation of the strict behaviorist approaches to personality psychology is that it ________.
a. focus only on psychological disorders and ignore humankind's positive qualities
b. underemphasize or ignore cognition
c. underemphasize the effect of the specific situation on an organism's behavior
d. lack scientific rigor
Answer: b. underemphasize or ignore cognition
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