During the late 1960s, psychologists began to favor the cognitive approach, because they felt that the behaviorist approach
a. emphasized unobservable cognitive processes.
b. overused Wundt's technique of introspection.
c. placed too much emphasis on concepts such as reinforcement and observable responses.
d. devoted too much research to the organization of memory.
Ans: c
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