Which Psychological Approach Is Often Referred to as Stimulus-Response (S-R)psychology

question 172

Multiple Choice

Which psychological approach is often referred to as stimulus-response (S-R) psychology?

• A) psychoanalytic theory
• B) behaviorism
• C) structuralism
• D) evolutionary psychology

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