Which contemporary view in psychology sees behavior as being shaped and controlled by one's environment?
a. cognitive
b. humanistic
c. biopsychological
d. behaviorist
ANSWER: d
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Everyone laughs because they realize that the professor's error illustrates a. the collective unconscious. b. the consistency paradox. c. a fixation. d. a Freudian slip.
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