For Skinner, behaviorism meant studying the environmental conditions that
precede the response, the response, the environmental conditions immediately after the
response, and
(a) the mental (cognitive) events assumed to intervene between S and R
(b) the intention behind the response, that is, the goals of the organism
(c) the personality pattern if the organism studied is a human being
(d) the top-down processes governing the pattern of perceptions leading to the
response
(e) nothing else
E
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When you choose your operational definitions in the research you conduct, you have to remember that
a. there is usually a single best way to deal with complex concepts. b. there is usually a great deal of controversy associated with selecting an operational definition. c. it is important to operationally define your variable so that it is meaningful across a wide range of cultures. d. different operational definitions of the same concept lead to different research questions and can generate different results.