Watson and his student, Rosalie Rayner, demonstrated that
A) operant conditioning could instill a fear of a white rat in an eleven-month-old boy.
B) classical conditioning could instill a fear of a horse in an eleven-month-old boy.
C) classical conditioning could instill a fear of a white rat in an eleven-month-old boy.
D) operant conditioning could instill a fear of a spider in an eleven-month-old boy.
E) classical conditioning could instill a fear of a spider in an eleven-month-old boy.

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Watson and Rayner's experiment demonstrated that classical conditioning could instill a fear of a previously neutral stimulus (in this case, a white rat) in an eleven-month-old boy (known as "Little Albert"). They paired the presentation of the rat with a loud noise, and eventually the rat alone was enough to elicit a fear response from Little Albert.

Watson and His Student, Rosalie Rayner, Demonstrated That