JBWatson Suggested That People Learn Phobias by Pairing a Stimulus

question 230

Multiple Choice

J.B.Watson suggested that people learn phobias by pairing a stimulus with an unpleasant experience.What is a weakness of that hypothesis?​

• A)Phobias are more common in some cultures than in others.
• B)​Many people have phobias about objects that have never hurt them.
• C)​Evidence demonstrates that most phobias are inherited.
• D)​Avoidance learning is acquired slowly and extinguished rapidly.

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