What Has Become the Most Recent Focus of Attention for Psychologists

question 97

Multiple Choice

What has become the most recent focus of attention for psychologists

• A) unconscious mechanisms
• B) intelligence 
• C) emotions
• D) culture

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Definitions:

Voluntary Responses

Behaviors that are the result of conscious decision making, contrasting with automatic or reflexive actions.

Thorndike

An American psychologist known for his work in educational psychology and the theory of learning based on the principle of reinforcement.

Taste Aversions

A learned negative reaction to a particular taste after it has been associated with illness or discomfort, demonstrating a form of classical conditioning.

Instrumental Conditioning

A type of learning where a behavior is strengthened or weakened, based on the behavior's consequences; also known as operant conditioning.