John Watson, the so-called founder of behaviorism, was an advocate of ________. In this he rejected thinking, memory, perception, and the like, and freed himself, he thought, from the mind?body problem.
a. anti-realism
b. mechanism
c. anti-mentalism
d. mechanistic materialism
Answer: c. anti-mentalism
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a. hormonal factors. b. cultural definitions of motherhood. c. the level of approval received from others. d. a combination of physical, social, and cultural factors.
A ____ refers to a reinforcer occurring only after an unchanging number of responses take place.
A. fixed interval B. fixed ratio C. variable interval D. variable ratio
According to Haidt's evolutionary theory, humans have evolved as a species in which
a. quick moral intuitions are common and critical. b. females are better at suppressing amoral tendencies than males. c. moral decision-making is based solely on situational context. d. most moral decision-making involves long, deliberative reasoning.
Which of the following areas would be concerned with how instinctive survival occurs?
A. Ecology B. Ethology C. Physiology D. Biology