Which of the following is true about John B. Watson? a. He is considered the founder of behaviorism. b. He is famous for demonstrating the principles of operant conditioning: c. The motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated. d. He placed hungry rats in a maze with no reward for finding their way through it, and he studied a comparison group that was rewarded with food at the end of the maze. e. He worked with Edward C. f. Tolman to prove that fear is both an instinct and a reflex.

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10 May, 12:00

Which of the following is true about John B. Watson? a. He is considered the founder of behaviorism. b. He is famous for demonstrating the principles of operant conditioning: c. The motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated. d. He placed hungry rats in a maze with no reward for finding their way through it, and he studied a comparison group that was rewarded with food at the end of the maze. e. He worked with Edward C. f. Tolman to prove that fear is both an instinct and a reflex.

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Naomi Christensen · Answer 1

The false statement about John B. Watson is the one that says that he worked with Edward C. Tolman to prove that fear is both an instinct and a reflex.

Explanation : Although he worked on the subject through the Little Albert Experiment, he did not work with Edward C. Tolman but with Rosalie Rayner, his assistant and later couple.

In the experiment, Watson intended to demonstrate how the principles of classical conditioning, which had just been raised by Ivan Pavlov in those years, could be applied to a child's fear reaction to a white rat.