Which of the following students provides the best summary of the decline of behaviorism and the rising popularity of the cognitive approach?
a. Sarah: "Psychologists began to realize that the behaviorists only emphasized behavior, and they admired how the cognitive approach emphasized people's emotional experiences."
b. Harlan: "Many psychologists favored the cognitive approach, because the behaviorist approach could not account for complex thought processes."
c. Ilia: "Most psychologists thought that the behaviorist approach was too heavily influenced by its early gestalt principles."
d. Savita: "In general, psychologists realized that the cognitive approach was better than the behaviorist approach in explaining individual differences."
Ans: b
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