Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a PhD in psychology in the 1920s. Your advisor was strongly influenced by John B. Watson. Which of the following might your advisor consider an acceptable choice for your research?
a. a survey of daydreams
b. an analysis of how specific behaviors are acquired
c. a survey of sexual imagery in dreams of men and women
d. an analysis of the thought processes students report while answering test items
e. the achievement of self-actualization and why it is such a rarely seen occurrence
b. an analysis of how specific behaviors are acquired (Watson believed observable behavior should be the focus of scientific psychological study.)
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a. the 20s b. the 30s c. the 40s d. the 50s
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A) experiential, interpersonal, and academic B) fluid, crystallized, and social C) contextual, verbal, and spatial D) analytical, creative, and practical