Seventeenth-Century Philosopher Auguste Comte, the Founder of Sociology, Believed That

question 87

Multiple Choice

Seventeenth-century philosopher Auguste Comte, the founder of sociology, believed that ________.

• A) human behavior is wildly unpredictable
• B) human society follows permanent, unchangeable laws
• C) human behavior is dependent upon genetics
• D) humans are most influenced by their environment

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process by which the consequences of an action affect the likelihood of its occurrence in the future, central to behavioral psychology.

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and attempting to replicate their behavior, actions, or attributes.

Operant Conditioning

A teaching mechanism in which the intensity of an action is altered through positive reinforcement or negative consequences.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where a response becomes conditioned by pairing an external trigger with an inherently occurring trigger, resulting in conditioned behavior.