An essential truth about B. F. Skinner's research is that:
a. it is more similar to Adler's than it is to Freud's.
b. it is one that looks inside a person for clues to his or her behavior.
c. it is based on clinical studies of neurotics.
d. it is the antithesis of the psychoanalytic and other approaches.
ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Skinner's contention was that psychology is the science of behavior, of what an
organism does. His study of behavior was the antithesis of the psychoanalytic, trait, life-span, cognitive, and humanistic approaches, differing not only in subject matter but in methodology and aims.
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