When John B. Watson made the statement that if he had a dozen infants he could take any one of them at random and train him to be a doctor, merchant, thief, etc., he was referring to the powerful effect of

a. nature.
b. temperament.
c. the human growth sequence.
d. the environment.


D

Psychology

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a. school counselor. b. psychologist. c. psychotherapist. d. psychiatrist.

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