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Behaviorist views have received criticism from a number of other schools of thought. Ethologists, for example, claim that behaviorists ignore evolutionary built-in biases in learning. They also disagree with which of the following behaviorist practice?
  1. The use of humans in lab experiments
  2. The use of trial-and-error
  3. The use of animals in lab experiments
  4. The use of the operant conditioning principle
Explanation
Answer: C - Ethologists maintain that there is a biologically qualitative difference between humans and other animals and therefore, that using animals in experiments can only demonstrate artificial, not innate, natural learning.
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