Skinner's experiences as an adult such as visiting a cathedral and taking care to avoid stepping on the gravestones set in the floor made it clear to him that his adult behaviors had been determined by _____ he experienced as a child
a. the sexual conflicts
c. the unconscious complexes
b. the identity crisis
d. the reinforcements
ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Skinner's experiences as an adult such as visiting a cathedral and taking care to avoid stepping on the gravestones set in the floor made it clear to him that his adult behaviors had been determined by the rewards and punishments—the "reinforcements"—he had received as a child. Thus, his system of psychology and his view of people as "complex systems behaving in lawful ways" clearly reflected his own early life experiences.
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A. id. B. neurotic impulse. C. libido. D. the structural model.
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