John Watson and Rosalie Rayner (1920) Conducted Experiments with an 11-Month-Old

question 139

Multiple Choice

John Watson and Rosalie Rayner (1920) conducted experiments with an 11-month-old baby named Albert to demonstrate how

• A)a neutral stimulus can become a conditioned stimulus by being paired with an established conditioned stimulus
• B)the principles of classical conditioning can explain, and be used to create phobias
• C)the process of extinction is observable even in infants
• D)the key factor in classical conditioning is the perception of an association between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus

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