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When Watson claimed “Give me a dozen healthy infants?

When Watson claimed, “Give me a dozen healthy infants…,” he was arguing that behavior is strongly influenced by heredity, environmental factors, cultural factors, and subjective factors.

While functionalism emphasizes the adaptive purpose of behavior, evolutionary psychology emphasizes the adaptive purpose of physical structures of the body.

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Anonymous

Jan 20, 2025

Environmental factors

– He was essentially saying that if he controlled the environment and interactions between the infants then he could greatly modify their behavior.

behavior; consciousness

– “Functional psychology or functionalism refers to a general psychological approach that views mental life and *behavior* in terms of active adaptation to the person’s environment.”

– According to evolutionary psychology, “Consciousness is a small portion of the contents and processes of the mind” that evolved for an adaptive purpose.

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Anonymous

Dec 23, 2024

1) environmental factors

2) behavior; consciousness

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