The major shortcoming of the instinct concept is that:
a. instincts have never been shown to exist in any species.
b. the instinct concept is too complex an explanation of most motivated behavior.
c. asserting the existence of an instinct does not help us to understand the behavior in question.
d. it is too physiological in theoretical orientation.
c
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In 1962, Henry Kempe focused public attention on a family problem that had not previously received much attention. Kempe called the problem
a. mentally disordered families. b. post traumatic stress disorder. c. the "refrigerator mother syndrome" d. the "battered child syndrome."
Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?
a) they wanted to identify the major brain structures b) their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind c) they focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system d) their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience