"My goal is to discover how behavior is acquired and modified in response to environmental influences." Of the following individuals, who is most likely to have made such a statement?
A) John B. Watson
B) William James
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Carl Rogers

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Watson was a behaviorist who believed that behavior is shaped by environmental factors through conditioning and reinforcement. Therefore, he would be the most likely person to make the statement about behavior being acquired and modified based on environmental influences.

"My Goal Is to Discover How Behavior Is Acquired and Modified