John Dewey is usually credited as the founder of Functionalism following the publication of an article that made which of the following points?
a. Functionalism is the psychology of mental operations, not the description of mental elements, among other aspects.
b. The adaptive act explains the interrelatedness among three components: a motivating stimulus, a sensory stimulus, and an activity.
c. The advancement of psychology requires a mixture of methodologies that includes experimentation, introspection, comparative psychology, and mental testing.
d. There was no plausible distinction between the stimuli and movements that made up the components of the reflex arc.
D
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Similarities between sensory and motor neurons include __________.
A. functioning along a retrograde pathway B. functioning along an anterograde pathway C. synapsing with interneurons D. detecting information from the environment
Lovaas demonstrated significant improvements in children with autism using __________.
A. group behavior modification B. intensive individual behavioral therapy C. cognitive restructuring D. modeling