David states that the appropriate subject matter for students of human development to study is how people act. He argues that scientists have no business studying how people think or feel, because thoughts and feelings cannot be directly observed. David's ideas are most similar to those advocated by:
A) B. F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov
B) Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson
C) Lev Vygotsky
D) Jean Piaget

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The behaviorists, including Skinner and Pavlov, argued that the appropriate focus of psychology should be on observable behavior. Freud was the founder of the psychoanalytic (psychodynamic) perspective; Vygotsky focused on the importance of social contexts in the development of thinking, and hence would be considered a cognitive (or social-cognitive theorist, and Piaget is a cognitive theorist since his work centered on understanding the development of thinking.

David States That the Appropriate Subject Matter for Students of Human