Dr. MacNeill is a researcher who is interested in where fear occurs in the mind. He shows the participants in his study potentially frightening images while the participants are lying in an MRI. What kind of approach would best describe Dr. MacNeill’s research?a) functionalism
b) structuralism
c) behaviorism
d) psychoanalytic

Option C

Explanation:

Behaviorism refers to a psychological approach which emphasizes scientific and objective methods of investigation. The approach is only concerned with observable stimulus-response behaviors, and states all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.