John B.Watson Would Agree That

question 73

Multiple Choice

John B.Watson would agree that:

• A)experience could write virtually any message on the blank slate of human nature.
• B)an impulse for young mammals to play and fool around may be biologically adaptive.
• C)just as a bird is designed to fly,human beings are designed to use language.
• D)men are genetically wired to be promiscuous and women to be monogamous.

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Definitions:

Symbolic Thinking

The process of using symbols, such as words or images, to represent objects, actions, or ideas not immediately present.

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions (fear, pleasure, anger) and drives (hunger, sex, dominance, care of offspring).

Reactivity

The state or capacity of being reactive or the degree to which a thing is reactive.

Orphanages

Residential institutions dedicated to the care of children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them.