Which statement is true with regard to Watson’s and his students’ early studies of emotional behavior in infants?
a. They realized that the repertoire of unlearned behaviors in babies was very small.
b. They could only identify three instinctive emotions initially: fear, rage, and love.
c. They discovered that many reflexive behaviors, such as the strong grasp reflex, could be extinguished through a fear response.
d. They found that all of the babies were afraid of stimuli such as white laboratory rats, dogs, and masks.
B
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