Which of Your Text's Unifying Themes Is Emphasized by John

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which of your text's unifying themes is emphasized by John Watson proposing that psychology should study only observable behaviours and not consciousness?

• A)Behaviour is influenced by multiple causes.
• B)Psychology should use theories.
• C)Psychology should be empirical.
• D)People's experience of the world is highly subjective.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A type of memory that holds a small amount of information in a readily accessible state for a brief period, typically from a few seconds to a minute.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Retinal Disparity

The slight difference in the visual information reaching each eye, enabling the perception of depth.

Reinforcers

Stimuli, which after being presented in conjunction with an action, increase the likelihood of that action being repeated in the future.