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schs14 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Amani raises her hand in class. Her answer is wrong, and the teacher scolds her. After that, Amani doesn't participate much in class. This situation is most compatible with a ________ approach to understanding and predicting behavior.

a. social cognition
b. behaviorist
c. self-esteem
d. Gestalt

Question 2

Which of the following is a likely criticism of the behaviorist approach?

a. Concepts like reinforcement and punishment are too vague.
b. Behaviorist explanations are too simplistic to explain all human social behavior.
c. Terms like cognition or thinking or feeling are too vague to be studied.
d. Scientists cannot deal with concepts like thinking or feeling in an objective way.