The Contemporary View in Psychology That Emphasizes the Study of Observable

question 327

Multiple Choice

The contemporary view in psychology that emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the effects of learning and stresses the influence of external rewards and punishments is the __________ view.

• A)cognitive
• B)humanistic
• C)biopsychological
• D)behaviorist

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Definitions:

Stamp Act

A law enacted by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, which was a contributing factor to the American Revolution.

East India Company

A historical English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter in 1600.

Boston Tea Party

The incident on December 16, 1773, in which the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, dumped hundreds of chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act of 1773. Under the Tea Act, the British exported to the colonies millions of pounds of cheap—but still taxed—tea, thereby undercutting the price of smuggled tea and forcing payment of the tea duty.

Battle of Alamance

A pre-American Revolutionary War conflict in 1771 between local militia and a group of rebels known as Regulators in North Carolina, symbolizing growing colonial unrest.