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Which school of psychology, and which psychologist, argued that nearly all behaviour results from conditioning and that the environment shapes behaviour?

Correct answer C. Behaviourism, Watson

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John B. Watson founded behaviourism and famously claimed he could train any healthy infant to become any kind of specialist by controlling its environment.

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