9 Questions
According to behaviorism, what must a behavioral activity be?
Observable and measurable
According to Aristotle, how are behavioral tendencies and abilities acquired?
Through learned experiences
Which law of association pertains to mental relationships between items close in time or space?
Law of contiguity
According to British Empiricism, where does all knowledge come from?
Experience
Which school of thought applied scientific methodology to studying consciousness?
Structuralism
Who theorized that behaviors must be adaptive and shaped by evolution?
James
Which approach to behaviorism limited investigation to observable behavior only?
Methodological behaviorism
Who emphasized the role of the cognitive 'model of the world' we build through experience as a mediator of learning?
Tolman
Who pioneered studies on operant conditioning and moved away from classical conditioning / S-R theory?
Skinner
Test your knowledge about learning and behavior in psychology with this quiz. Explore the enduring behavioral changes caused by experience and the debate around the origins of knowledge and behavior.
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