How would John B.Watson have explained why many people have a phobia of flying on airplanes?
A)Flying is unnatural for human beings.
B)The brain has difficulty understanding how something heavy can fly.
C)Extensive news coverage of airplane crashes cause people to associate airplanes with danger.
D)People with a flying phobia are actually afraid of being trapped in small spaces.

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Watson would have likely attributed the fear of flying on airplanes to the association people make between airplanes and danger due to extensive news coverage of airplane crashes. This aligns with his behaviorist perspective that fears and phobias are learned through conditioning processes.

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