Suppose you were a graduate student studying for a Ph.D. 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

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John B. Watson is known for his behaviorist approach, which focuses on observable behaviors and how they are acquired through conditioning. Therefore, an analysis of how specific behaviors are acquired would be the most acceptable choice for research under this theoretical framework. A survey of daydreams or sexual imagery in dreams would not align with the behaviorist approach, as they involve internal mental processes that cannot be directly observed. An analysis of thought processes also involves internal mental processes and would be less acceptable from a purely behaviorist perspective.

Suppose You Were a Graduate Student Studying for a Ph