Which One of the Following Statements Best Reflects Behaviorists' Notion

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements best reflects behaviorists' notion of tabula rasa "blank slate") ?

• A) Organisms inherit few predispositions to behave in particular ways; instead, the behaviors they exhibit are largely the result of environmental experiences.
• B) Stimuli that occur after responses are made are usually more influential on an organism's learning that stimuli that occur before responses are made.
• C) The things that organisms learn in a new situation largely override the things that they've learned in previous situations; as a result, newly learned behaviors often replace previously learned behaviors.
• D) Learning is more a function of what the environment does to the organism than of what the organism does to the environment; in other words, the organism plays a relatively passive role in the learning process.

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