Three of the following are assumptions that underlie contemporary cognitive theories of learning. Which one is not such an assumption?

a. Mental events can be studied indirectly by observing behavior.
b. Humans often learn by relating new information to what they already know.
c. Researchers can study mental events only by abandoning objectivity.
d. Humans sometimes learn differently than other species do.


c

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