Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

By the 1920s a new definition of psychology had gained favor. Psychology was said to be the science of...

  1. mind

  2. behaviour

  3. consciousness

  4. philosophy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

John B. Watson and behaviorist pioneers rejected introspectionist approaches, arguing psychology should study observable behavior instead. This paradigm shift dominated American psychology until the cognitive revolution of the 1950s-60s.

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