The significance of the Watson and Rayner study with Little Albert is that it:

A. led to stringent ethical guidelines regarding the use of children in research
B. demonstrated that emotional responses could be classically conditioned
C. assisted in the decline of behaviorism in American psychology
D. helped identify common problems in language development among infants


Answer: B

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