Consider again John Watson's famous quote: "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select."
Discuss how this quote is relevant to his work with 11-month-old Albert.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' responses should indicate their understanding that John Watson was a major early proponent of the
importance of experience and learning (i.e., nurture) to children's development. Then, students should briefly
describe Watson's classic study with 11-month-old Albert and indicate that Watson's research emphasized the
importance of conditioning and environmental control to children's development.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is a characteristic of the fetal stage of prenatal development?
A) The fetus alternates between wakefulness and sleep. B) The fetus develops female sex organs regardless of its genetic code. C) The fetus's heart has its first heartbeat. D) The fetus's nervous system begins to transmit messages.
Wernicke’s area is to ____ as Broca’s area is to ____
a. ?sensing touch; responding to touch b. ?seeing; hearing c. ?understanding speech; producing speech d. ?emotional processing; intellectual processing
A child who is fearful and hesitant to try new things may be exhibiting an unresolved conflict from the ______ stage, according to Erikson
Fill in the blank with correct word