J. B. Watson suggested that people learn phobias by pairing a stimulus with an unpleasant experience. What is a weakness of that hypothesis?

a. Phobias are more common in some cultures than in others

b. Many people have phobias about objects that have never hurt them.
c. Evidence demonstrates that most phobias are inherited.
d. Avoidance learning is acquired slowly and extinguished rapidly.


b

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