You Are Interviewing a New Member of the Psychology Department

question 227

Multiple Choice

You are interviewing a new member of the psychology department for the university newspaper.The faculty member states,"Sure,people have emotions and thoughts and dreams,but you don't have to study those things in order to predict behaviour." Which theorist's views are most similar to the views held by this faculty member

• A) Sigmund Freud?b. 
• B) F. Skinner 
• C) William James 
• D) Carl Rogers

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Definitions:

Mechanistic Theorists

Thinkers who view human behavior and development as being shaped by a complex system of inputs and outputs, similar to a machine.

Quantitative Change

Changes in number or amount, such as in height, weight, size of vocabulary, or frequency of communication.

Qualitative Change

Discontinuous changes in kind, structure, or organization.

Theories Change

The concept that scientific theories evolve over time as new evidence emerges and older explanations are refined or replaced.