Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. John Watson believed that fears were largely innate and the result of our evolutionary history
2. John Watson developed the concept of reinforcement with rats pressing levers for food.
3. B. F. Skinner focused on the consequences of behaviour as determinants of whether or not it
would reoccur.
4. If a behaviour is reinforced, it is more likely to occur again.
5. To test his theories, B. F. Skinner raised his daughter in a conditioning chamber, or “Skinner Box.”


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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