Professor King Approaches Questions About Human Behaviour from a Perspective

question 127

Multiple Choice

Professor King approaches questions about human behaviour from a perspective that emphasizes the rewards and punishments that maintain certain specific behaviours. He does not invoke the mind to explain behaviour, but sticks to what he can observe and measure directly. It is most likely that he accepts which of the following psychological approaches?

• A) sociocultural
• B) learning
• C) cognitive
• D) psychodynamic

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