Question

"Give me a child at birth and I can make him into anything you want." Name the person behind this statement:

• A. B.F. Skinner
• B. Ivan Pavlov
• C. Sigmund Freud
• D. James Emery

Answer 1

Answer:

A. B.F. Skinner

B.F. Skinner's theory of learning says that a person is first exposed to a stimulus, which elicits a response, and the response is then reinforced (stimulus, response, reinforcement). This, ultimately, is what conditions our behaviors. To make this process easier to remember, the ABCs of behaviorism were developed.