What Is The Freudian Position On Watson And Rayner's Study?

Question 1

What did Freud say is the principal force that shapes personality?

Answer 1

Sex

Question 2

What does Watson claim his study shows about fear?

Answer 2

Watson claims his study shows that fear was as important, and exists in its own right separate and non reliant on sex.

Question 3

What is the reason for baby’s sucking thumbs according to Freud?

Answer 3

Sucking a thumb is a pleasure seeking activity

Question 4

What is the reasons for baby’s sucking thumbs according to Watson?

Answer 4

Watson claims that thumb sucking is a way of blocking fear.

Question 5

What does Watson claim would happen to Albert if he seeked councilling for his phobia?

Answer 5

A psychoanalyst might say that his phobia of fluffy things is due to a sexual event concerning his mother.
However, a simpler explanation is classical conditioning.