The school of behaviorism attempted to explain behavior by studying __________.
A) the reasons people give for their behaviors
B) the specific personality traits that lead to behavior
C) how a specific stimulus evokes a specific response
D) the purposes of people's behavior

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The school of behaviorism focused on studying how a specific stimulus elicits a specific response, known as the stimulus-response (S-R) theory. They believed that behavior could be explained by conditioning an individual's response to a given stimulus.

The School of Behaviorism Attempted to Explain Behavior by Studying