About Behaviorism, Chapter 14: Summing Up, Quote 6

“It is hard to understand why it is so often said that behaviorism neglects innate endowment. Watson’s careless remark that he could take any healthy infant and convert him into a doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant chief, and, yes, even beggarman or thief can scarcely be responsible, because Watson himself repeatedly referred to the “hereditary and habit equipment” of people.” (p. 243)

 

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