Watson and Rayner's famous research in classical conditioning was designed to explain the development of ____.
A) cognitive disorders
B) neuroses
C) phobias
D) depression

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Watson and Rayner's famous research, particularly the Little Albert experiment, was designed to explain the development of phobias through classical conditioning. They demonstrated how a neutral stimulus, when paired with a frightening one, could produce a phobic reaction in an individual.

Watson and Rayner's Famous Research in Classical Conditioning Was Designed