Why did behaviorists of the mid-1900s concentrate on studying rats in a maze?

a. They needed to conduct the least expensive research

b. They were trying to identify genes that control behavior.
c. They were trying to understand the evolution of behavior.
d. They expected to discover general laws of behavior.

d

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a. in art, music and sports. b. memorizing facts and figures c. outdoors d. reading

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Expertise is a form of what type of intelligence as it consists of accumulated knowledge and reasoning in a culturally valued area?

a. crystallized intelligence b. fluid intelligence c. hypothetical-deductive intelligence d. creative intelligence

Psychology