Why did behaviourism gain popularity as an approach to psychology?
A) It was a reaction to the pessimistic view of human nature espoused by psychoanalytic theory.
B) Humanistic psychologists had failed to develop effective treatments.
C) It advocated for a nurturing and development of the mind by rewarding healthy patterns of thinking.
D) It is difficult to know what is going on in people's minds.
D) It is difficult to know what is going on in people's minds.
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A. Strange Situation B. temperament C. internal working model D. set of self-conscious emotions
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a. Elderly woman b. Elderly man c. Middle-aged woman with an alcohol problem d. Elderly woman with an alcohol problem e. Elderly man with an alcohol problem
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a. true b. false
The story of Helen Keller includes an anecdote wherein she
states that she recalls having no awareness of her own thought processes prior to acquiring some language skills. The linguistic determinism model suggests that this supports the theory that all thinking is represented linguistically, but other explanations of Keller's remembrance (or lack thereof) posits that most people have poor (or even absent) memories from their early years. This demonstrates which principle of critical thinking? A) Ruling out rival hypotheses B) Extraordinary claims C) Falsifiability D) Correlation vs. causation