Question

One support of the behavioral perspective is that it is backed by strong and extensive research. Please select the best answer from the choices provided
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

The statement above is True.

Behavioral perspectives, compared to other psychological school of thoughts, have higher empirical validity due to the nature of the field itself, which is not concerned with the thought processes in living organisms, but only on the observable phenomenon that an organism exhibit when interacting with its surroundings.

Compared to psychoanalysis, for example, behaviorism’s method of testing its theories is based on experiments that can be re-tested by other researchers, instead of relying on armchair method of analysis.

Answer 2

The answer is true.... hope this helped