Multiple choice

Strict behaviourists were criticized for overlooking the role that __________ plays in our lives.

  1. reward

  2. thinking

  3. punishment

  4. stimuli

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Strict behaviourists (like Watson) focused only on observable behaviour and rejected the study of mental processes like thinking, believing they couldn't be scientifically studied. They emphasized stimuli and responses, not internal cognition. Reward/punishment/stimuli are all concepts behaviourists DID study.