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james9437

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Which of the following is true of B. F. Skinner's contribution to behaviorism?
 
  A) He believed that organisms learn to behave in certain ways because they have been reinforced for doing so.
  B) He focused on the relation between conscious experience and behavior in shaping the human psyche.
  C) He used introspection to try to discover the basic elements of experience that influenced human behavior.
  D) He stated that psychology should be defined as the study of behavior and mental processes.

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Which of the following is true of the evolutionary perspective of motivation?
 
  A) It states that instinctive behaviors are genetically transmitted.
  B) It states that animals do not have prewired tendencies to respond to situations.
  C) It states that social influences rather than heredity factors determine behavior.
  D) It states that humans are the only species that displays instinctive behavior.


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Ptupou85

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Reply #2 on: Jun 19, 2018
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