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Destiiny22 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

An essential truth about B. F. Skinner's research is that:

a. it is more similar to Adler's than it is to Freud's.
b. it is one that looks inside a person for clues to his or her behavior.
c. it is based on clinical studies of neurotics.
d. it is the antithesis of the psychoanalytic and other approaches.

Question 2

Skinner argued that psychology is the science of:

a. normal adults.
c. individual differences.
b. conscious processes.
d. behavior.

kardosa007 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Skinner's contention was that psychology is the science of behavior, of what an
organism does. His study of behavior was the antithesis of the psychoanalytic, trait, life-span, cognitive, and humanistic approaches, differing not only in subject matter but in methodology and aims.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: Skinner's contention was that psychology is the science of behavior, of what an organism does. His study of behavior was the antithesis of the psychoanalytic, trait, life-span, cognitive, and humanistic approaches, differing not only in subject matter but in methodology and aims.