The Term "Behaviorist" Is Most Closely Associated with Which of the Following

question 179

Multiple Choice

The term "behaviorist" is most closely associated with which of the following perspectives?

• A)learning
• B)phrenology
• C)structuralism
• D)functionalism

Understand the legal requirements for formal schooling in Canada.

Recognize the role of education in professionalization and its impact on occupation and wages.

Understand the concept of classical conditioning and its significance in learning processes.

Identify the roles of conditioned stimuli (CS) and unconditioned stimuli (US) in classical conditioning.

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Definitions:

Decentered

In developmental psychology, a term referring to the ability to take multiple aspects of a situation into account, seeing things from more than one perspective.

Memory Strategy

Techniques used to enhance memory retention, recall, or the encoding of information.

Elaboration

The process of adding more details or expanding on an idea, theory, or concept to provide a deeper or clearer understanding.

Selective Attention

Deployment of attention to only a chosen subset of the information available for processing in a situation. Selective attention to information that must be remembered later can be used as a memorization strategy.