Portage Learning PSYC 140 (PSYC140) Developmental Lifespan Psychology Final Exam Latest 2024 9/9/2020 Final Exam- Requires Respondus LockDown Browser: Developmental (Lifespan) Psychology- Williams
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Your answer:What was B.F. Skinner’s position on free will? Be specific and thorough in
your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the nature/nurture debate? B.F Skinner believed that free will was an illusion and that every action
was as a result of conditioning either classic or operant. He believed that
people behaved a particular way based on the schedule they are
provided.
He falls under the nurture debate as he he was certain that people could
be taught anything and their actions are based on what they have been
conditioned to know.
Answers need to indicate the following: -there is no free will, -
all behavior is due to conditioning, -we only think it’s free will
because we can’t see what causes the behavior, -fully on the
nurture side.
Not yet graded / 1 pts Question 2
Your answer:While Freud’s stages are psychosexual, Erikson’s are psycho
____________. psychosocial.
social
Not yet graded / 1 pts Question 3
https://nursingabc.instructure.com/courses/120/quizzes/6115?module_item_id=16753 1/13Not yet graded / 4 pts Question 1
Your answer:What was B.F. Skinner’s position on free will? Be specific and thorough in
your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the nature/nurture debate? B.F Skinner believed that free will was an illusion and that every action
was as a result of conditioning either classic or operant. He believed that
people behaved a particular way based on the schedule they are
provided.
He falls under the nurture debate as he he was certain that people could
be taught anything and their actions are based on what they have been
conditioned to know.
Answers need to indicate the following: -there is no free will, -
all behavior is due to conditioning, -we only think it’s free will
because we can’t see what causes the behavior, -fully on the
nurture side.
Not yet graded / 1 pts Question 2
Your answer:While Freud’s stages are psychosexual, Erikson’s are psycho
____________. psychosocial.
social
Not yet graded / 1 pts Question 3
