The first person to de-condition a learned fear was ____.
A)Rayner
B)Watson
C)Jones
D)Lashley
E)McDougall

Question

The first person to de-condition a learned fear was ____.​
A)​Rayner
B)Watson
C)​Jones
D)Lashley
E)McDougall

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Mary Cover Jones was the first person to successfully de-condition a learned fear in a young boy named "Peter" through a process known as counter-conditioning. Jones paired the feared object (a rabbit) with pleasurable experiences (food and toys), gradually decreasing the level of anxiety until the boy was no longer afraid of the rabbit.

The First Person to De-Condition a Learned Fear Was ____