The School of Behaviorism Attempted to Explain Behavior by Studying

question 201

Multiple Choice

The school of behaviorism attempted to explain behavior by studying:

• A) the reasons people give for their behaviors.
• B) the specific personality traits that lead to behavior.
• C) how a specific stimulus evokes a specific response.
• D) the purposes of people's behavior.

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Definitions:

Regression

In statistics, the act of estimating the relationship between variables, allowing for the prediction of one variable based on the value of another.

Residuals

The differences between observed values and the values predicted by a model, indicating the discrepancy in data fit.

Scatterplots

Graphical representations that use Cartesian coordinates to display values for typically two variables for a set of data.

Linear Model

A statistical model that assumes a linear relationship between the input variables and the single output variable.