A researcher is keenly interested in recording observable behavior in her test subjects, but she has no interest in studying what goes on inside the subjects' brains to make them behave as they do. This researcher is apparently a proponent of the
A) sensory adaptation theory.
B) cognitive perspective.
C) black box perspective.
D) social learning theory.

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The black box perspective focuses solely on observable behavior, without concerning itself with internal mental processes. This perspective was popularized by behaviorist psychologists who believed that behavior could be explained through the environment and reinforcement contingencies, without reference to mental processes.

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