Which of the following is an essential difference between the behavior theories of Watson and Skinner?
Ans: Skinner recognized the existence of private mental events, whereas Watson did not.
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As Art was walking out the door of his apartment, he quickly ran through a mental list of all the things he was supposed to take with him. He went through the complete list of items four or five times, just to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything. Based on Baddeley's model of working memory, Art was utilizing
a. the visuospatial sketchpad to arrange all the information he needed. b. the phonological loop to temporarily hold his list of essential items. c. the central executive system to juggle all the information he needed to consider. d. his prospective memory to remember the actions he still needed to perform.
How did Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard believe he could tame the "wild boy of Aveyron"?
a. exorcism b. environmental stimulation c. allow him to behave as he did in the wild d. peer modeling
Theorists who propose that people progress through discrete, developmental stages believe in
a. an intrinsically active child. c. discontinuity of development. b. an intrinsically passive child. d. continuity of development.
As part of the scientific method, scientists form testable predictions that can be observed and measured. These are called
A) theories. B) proofs. C) hypotheses. D) models.