Behavioral Perspective

Question 1

The belief that scientific psychology should be studying only observable behaviors is known as __________.

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behaviorism

Question 2

B. F. Skinner’s perspective on personality focused mainly on __________ that are learned through operant conditioning.

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observable behaviors

Question 3

Albert Bandura proposed that __________ influences behavior and that __________ is influenced by learning.

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environment . . . personality

Question 4

__________ is the idea that cognitive and personal factors all influence each other.

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Reciprocal determinism

Question 5

B. F. Skinner and Albert Bandura believed that __________ played an important role in the development of one’s personality.

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learning

Behavioral Perspective Answers