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Capo

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on: Jun 20, 2018
According to behaviorists and neobehaviorists, the ultimate purpose of research on learning was to understand __________.
 
  a. the building blocks of conscious experience
  b. the acquisition of behavior by conditioning
  c. performance, rather than learning
  d. memory, rather than cognition

Question 2

Which of the following does NOT challenge a pure behaviorist perspective?
 
  a. demonstrated effects of attention
  b. the role of vigilance in a skilled performance task
  c. language
  d. incorporating Pavlov's work on classical conditioning


Shshxj

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d


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