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madam-professor

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on: Jun 21, 2018
Skinner described human beings as:
 
  a. empty organisms.
  c. genetically bound.
  b. having rational thought.
  d. ruled by unconscious motivation.

Question 2

Skinner's treatment of personality is unusual because:
 
  a. he did not look for the causes, motives, and drives within people.
  b. he approached personality from a physiological viewpoint.
  c. he stressed conscious but not unconscious processes.
  d. he emphasized the past and the future.


sylvia

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: To Skinner, human beings are empty organisms, by which he meant that there is nothing inside us that can explain behavior in scientific terms. He saw no need to look inside the organism for some form of inner activity.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: In explaining personality, most other theorists look inside the person for clues. The causes, motives, and drives, the forces that direct our development and behavior, originate within each of us. In contrast, Skinner made no reference to internal, subjective states to account for behavior.


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