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dmcintosh

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Cognitive psychologists believe that behaviorists cannot explain human language because
 
  a. behaviorists place too much emphasis on genetic explanations.
  b. behaviorists cannot provide appropriate explanations because their research rarely uses operational definitions.
  c. language has a complex structure that cannot be explained in terms of stimuli and responses.
  d. language is acquired in humans through adults' careful teaching of young children.

Question 2

During the late 1960s, psychologists began to favor the cognitive approach, because they felt that the behaviorist approach
 
  a. emphasized unobservable cognitive processes.
  b. overused Wundt's technique of introspection.
  c. placed too much emphasis on concepts such as reinforcement and observable responses.
  d. devoted too much research to the organization of memory.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c



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