Problem
Consider this quote:
"Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select--doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief, and, yes, even beggarman and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years." -John B. Watson, Behaviorism, 1930.
As future parents (or perhaps current parents?), is Watson's vision practical? Can you mold children into whatever you want them to be? Why or why not? Think about this: Would parents with strong expertise in both, classical and operant conditioning be able to mold their children into anything they wish their child to be. If so, how would they go about molding their child? If you think they couldn't shape their child into doctors, lawyers, etc., what factors prevent them from doing so?