Modern Psychology Turned Away from Behaviorism in Its Classic Form

question 3

Multiple Choice

Modern psychology turned away from behaviorism in its classic form because:

• A) our behavior is routinely determined by our understanding of stimuli
• B) humans are more similar to computers than to other species studied in the laboratory
• C) psychology rejected behaviorism's emphasis on an organism's subjective states
• D) an organism's behavior can be changed by learning

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