AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Learning is essential factor in observing, describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling behavior.
A
Learning Perspective
B
Humanistic Perspective
C
Cognitive Perspective
D
Operant Conditioning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: b. Behavioral psychologists take the position that learning is essential in describing, predicting, controlling, and explaining behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is an essential characteristic of learning? Learning involves acquiring new knowledge, skills, values or behaviors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behaviorism focuses on evident behavior and is based on the belief that our personalities are determined by rewards and punishments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition of learning: Learning in psychology is defined as change in behavior due to environmental influences. The learning perspective has its background in the USA in the 1910’s.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Behavioral Perspective: A Focus on Observable Behavior The behavioral perspective is the psychological approach that suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and external stimuli in the environment.

There is 1 question to complete.