John B Watson Proposed That People Learn Phobias by Associating a a Harmless

question 58

Multiple Choice

John B. Watson proposed that people learn phobias by associating a harmless thing with something frightening or dangerous (as in the case of Little Albert) . One weakness in this theory is that

• A) most phobias develop so early in life that psychologists believe they must be inherited.
• B) avoidance learning is generally very slow to develop
• C) avoidance learning occurs easily in nonhuman, but seldom occurs in humans.
• D) many people develop phobias of objects with which they have never had a bad personal experience.

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