_____ emphasized that who he was, his personality, was clearly theresult of his reinforcement history as a child – the rewards and punishments heexperienced. His life and personality, he claimed, were determined and controlled byenvironmental events.
A. Edward Thorndike
B. John B. Watson
C. BF Skinner
D. Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov
Answer: C. BF Skinner
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