Which of the following is NOT an example of preparedness in conditioning?
a. A child learns that brushing his teeth always results in praise from his parents.
b. Birds quickly learn to avoid drinking water that is the same color as water that
previously made them ill.
c. Baby ducklings learn to recognize their mother's sight and call as they follow her
around, and soon will follow nobody but their mother.
d. Rats learn to avoid drinking water with a salty taste that previously made them ill.
A
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a. whether a hypothesis is valid. b. whether the benefits of a proposed study outweigh its potential risks. c. whether a study should be published in a scientific journal. d. whether animal research is overall an ethical practice.
Watson said that he could condition a child to fear any object, this was supported when he conditioned Albert to fear mice. Bergman did research which he said disproved Watson's claim when he repeated a similar experiment
A) using inanimate objects. B) using adult subjects. C) attempting to build fear of subject's parents. D) All of the above