Ch 10 - Behaviourism Pt 2

Little Albert

9 month old baby used in an experiment by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner to demonstrate that emotional responses can be conditioned.

Little Albert’s conditioned fear

white rats —> extended to other fuzzy objects

How was Little Albert’s fear conditioned

every time he touched the rat, Watson struck a steel bar with a hammer behind his backto create a loud, frightening noise that startled him and led to a fear response.

Results of Little Albert Conditioning

he became distressed, started crying, attempted to crawl away and showed a generalization of fear to other similar stimuli.

Little Albert Association

sight of white rat became associated with hammer noise