B.F. Skinner theorized that parents can elicit desirable behaviors through operant conditioning by providing rewards for children. Skinner is included as a theorist in which group of approaches?

A) Behaviorist, Cognitive Behavioral, and related approaches
B) Humanist and related approaches
C) Neuroscience and related approaches
D) Psychoanalytic, Psychosocial, and related approaches


Answer: A

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see if I can figure it out...." From the perspective of cognitive psychology, William may have trouble solving the problem because: a. he is using an inappropriate heuristic. b. he is encoding the problem incorrectly. c. he is demonstrating a counterproductive mental set with regard to his use of multiplication facts. d. his working memory capacity may be insufficient to hold and process all the information.

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