The Behaviorists' Response to the Advent of Cognitive Psychology Has

question 51

Multiple Choice

The behaviorists' response to the advent of cognitive psychology has been to ____.​

• A)​attack it by operationally defining the cognitive concepts,as they did when threatened by psychoanalysis
• B)attack it by subjecting the cognitive psychologists' constructs and hypotheses to experimentation
• C)​undermine the impact of cognitive psychology by redefining its constructs in terms of observable stimuli and responses
• D)undermine the impact of cognitive psychology by absorbing its terms and tenets into the mainstream,which behaviorism dominates
• E)hold fast to their position that consciousness (and thus cognitive psychology)should be rejected as a key subject matter

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