Today's Developmental Scientists Tend to Emphasize Nurture as an Influence

question 125

True/False

Today's developmental scientists tend to emphasize nurture as an influence on prefer to people grow and change throughout life.

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Definitions:

UCS

An abbreviation commonly used in psychology for "Unconditioned Stimulus," which is a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior conditioning.

Fear-Producing Stimulus

An object, event, or situation that induces a fear response in an individual.

"Little Albert" Study

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that demonstrated classical conditioning in humans by showing how an infant named Albert became conditioned to fear a white rat.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus that occurs because of previous conditioning, as demonstrated in classical conditioning experiments.