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dakota nelson

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Over the course of history, science has continued to evolve as new data emerge and scientists offer new ideas to explain those data. This continuing process of change in scientific thinking over the years best reflects the idea of:
 
  a. information processing theory
  b. individual constructivism
  c. social constructivism
  d. Prgnanz

Question 2

Early behaviorists argued that because thinking cannot be observed, it cannot be studied objectively and scientifically. How would a cognitive psychologist be most likely to respond to this argument?
 
  a. Modern technology allows us to study thought processes very precisely.
  b. By studying people's responses to various stimuli, we can draw inferences about thought processes that may underlie those responses.
  c. We study mental events, which aren't the same thing as thinking.
  d. We can determine what people are thinking simply by asking them to describe their thoughts. The things they say are observable behaviors that we can measure objectively.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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