Which of the Following Students Provides the Best Summary of the Decline

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the best summary of the decline of behaviorism and the rising popularity of the cognitive approach?

• A) Sarah: "Psychologists began to realize that the behaviorists only emphasized behavior, and they admired how the cognitive approach emphasized people's emotional experiences."
• B) Harlan: "Many psychologists favored the cognitive approach, because the behaviorist approach could not account for complex thought processes."
• C) Ilia: "Most psychologists thought that the behaviorist approach was too heavily influenced by its early gestalt principles."
• D) Savita: "In general, psychologists realized that the cognitive approach was better than the behaviorist approach in explaining individual differences."

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