AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
who is NOT a behaviorist
A
Freud
B
Skinner
C
Watson
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, it is concluded that Freud is one of the psychologists that is NOT related to behaviorism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Psychological behaviorism is present in the work of Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), Edward Thorndike (1874–1949), as well as Watson. Its fullest and most influential expression is B. F.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sigmund Freud was not a behaviorist; Freud was a psychoanalyst. The psychoanalytical approach is largely concerned with the unconscious aspects of the mind, and Freud actually created the school of thought known as psychoanalysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most famous proponents of psychological behaviorism were John Watson and B. F. Skinner (1904–1990). Other notable behaviorists were Edwin Guthrie (1886–1959), Edward Tolman (1886–1959), Clark Hull (1884–1952), and Kenneth Spence (1907–1967).

Detailed explanation-5: -ALFRED ADLER Adler (1937, 1956) proposed the concept of the inferiority complex. An inferiority complex refers to a person’s feelings that they lack worth and don’t measure up to the standards of others or of society. Adler’s ideas about inferiority represent a major difference between his thinking and Freud’s.

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