Watson to the study of learning?

A. He challenged the prevailing belief that all associations can be learned equally well.

B. He demonstrated that the more predictable the association, the stronger the conditioned response.

C. He showed how the law of effect can be used to teach new behaviors.

D. He explained how partial reinforcement schedules can be used to maintain learned behaviors.

E. He demonstrated how some emotions and behaviors can be learned by classical conditioning.

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America Coleman

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11 September, 12:45

Watson to the study of learning?

A. He challenged the prevailing belief that all associations can be learned equally well.

B. He demonstrated that the more predictable the association, the stronger the conditioned response.

C. He showed how the law of effect can be used to teach new behaviors.

D. He explained how partial reinforcement schedules can be used to maintain learned behaviors.

E. He demonstrated how some emotions and behaviors can be learned by classical conditioning.

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Coby Park · Answer 1

E. He demonstrated how some emotions and behaviors can be learned by classical conditioning.

Explanation:

Watson in his theory of behaviourism believes that a childs behaviour and character is learned or influenced by his or her environment. thus when a child is conditioned to a particular environment, his behaviour and emotional response will be influenced by what is prevailent in that environment. Watson believes that the environment has much more influence over an individuals behaviour more than genetic make up.