AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses?
A
biological
B
evolutionary
C
humanistic
D
behavioral
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Behavioral Perspective * This approach centers around learned behaviors rather than internal processes like cognition. In other words, behavioral psychologists explore psychology through observable behaviors and actions. In this perspective, psychologists treat all behavior as learned or acquired.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner. Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. Behaviorism is focused on observable behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -The behaviorist perspective is concerned with how environmental factors (called stimuli) affect observable behavior (called the response). The behaviorist perspective proposes two main processes whereby people learn from their environment: namely classical conditioning and operant conditioning.

Detailed explanation-4: -c. The behavioral perspective studies the mechanisms by which observable responses are acquired and changed. The behavior genetics perspective focuses on the relative contributions of genes and environment to individual differences.

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