BFSkinner,a Leading Behaviorist Who Explored Operant Conditioning,believed That Inner,private States

question 61

Multiple Choice

B.F.Skinner,a leading behaviorist who explored operant conditioning,believed that inner,private states such as thinking and feeling existed and ____.

• A)should be analyzed based on introspection
• B)viewed them as behaviors that followed the same rules as public behaviors
• C)viewed them as behaviors that should be attended to through psychodynamic therapy
• D)are a part of what makes a person inherently human and good

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