Dr. Ken Tangen introduces behaviorism with an overview of Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning. In humans, food poisoning and fear are the most common examples of Pavlov's work in action. If you want to understand why lightning storms are scary, check out Ivan Pavlov.
Did Watson believe the only innate fear we have is fear of loud noises and every other fear is learned/conditioned?
If so, he was wrong. Just like the example above, the driver was in fear in the initial accident. There were no triggers, just fear of death/injury.
hogandaas 3 months ago
@hogandaas I don't think Watson believed any fears were built in. He appears to have believed that all fear is learned, perhaps very quickly, but learned.
kentangen 3 months ago