Dr Johns Researches Mental Disorders Using Laboratory Methods

question 38

Multiple Choice

Dr. Johns researches mental disorders using laboratory methods. He stresses the importance of directly observable behaviors and the conditions or stimuli that evoke, reinforce, or extinguish them. Dr. Johns adheres to which early viewpoint of mental illness?

• A) humanism
• B) behaviorism
• C) psychoanalysis
• D) mesmerism

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Definitions:

Working Memory

A mental system tasked with briefly maintaining data for processing.

Storage

The process or method by which information, data, or goods are kept for future use or retrieval.

Retrieval

The process of accessing and bringing into conscious thought information stored in memory.

Infant Categorization

The process by which infants begin to organize objects, people, and concepts in their environment into categories.