In a landmark experiment in 1920, Mary Cover Jones demonstrated Pavlovian conditioning of a fear response in an 11 month-old infant.

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Mary Cover Jones is known for her work on desensitization, not for demonstrating Pavlovian conditioning of a fear response. Her famous experiment involved reducing fear in a child named Peter, not inducing it. Ivan Pavlov is the one associated with classical conditioning experiments involving fear responses.

In a Landmark Experiment in 1920, Mary Cover Jones Demonstrated