In a historic experiment with an 11-month-old called Albert, John Watson demonstrated that ________.
A. children cannot be conditioned to fear a formerly neutral stimulus
B. infants as young as a few months old will repeat a behavior to obtain a desirable reward
C. adults can mold children's behavior by carefully controlling stimulus-response associations
D. children have an innate, inborn fear of rats
Answer: C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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