AP PSYCHOLOGY

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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING VS OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following pioneers of psychology would disagree with Watson that phobias can be explained by classical conditioning?
A
Pavlov
B
Freud
C
Skinner
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Skinner differed slightly with Watson in that, “Watson argued against the use of references to mental states, and held that psychology should study behavior directly, holding private events as impossible to study scientifically.

Detailed explanation-2: -John B. Watson is known as the father of behaviorism within psychology. John B. Watson (1878–1958) was an influential American psychologist whose most famous work occurred during the early 20th century at Johns Hopkins University.

Detailed explanation-3: -Watson and Skinner believed that if they were given a group of infants, the way they were raised and the environment they put them in would be the ultimate determining factor for how they acted, not their parents or their genetics.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus, it is concluded that Freud is one of the psychologists that is NOT related to behaviorism.

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