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berenicecastro · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Sean received a stanine score of 7 on a standardized reading test. This score is equivalent to a z score of

a. 0.0 c. 1.5
b. l.0 d. +1.0

Question 2

Explain why operant conditioning limits itself to the study of antecedent stimuli, the responses people make to those stimuli, the consequences that follow behavior, and people's responses to those consequences.

What will be an ideal response?

aadams68 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

John Watson, the founder of behaviorism, and B. F. Skinner, the creator of operant conditioning, believed that psychology should be viewed as a natural science and, as is the case for all natural sciences, only study phenomena that are observable and measurable. To understand, predict, and control human behavior, then, psychologists should only study stimuli, people's responses to those stimuli, the consequences that follow people's responses, and people's responses to those consequences.