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    past who have performed controlled experiments to understand how children behave and how to control their behavior. One famous psychologist was John B. Watson who performed an experiment known as “The Little Albert Experiment.” The experiment was performed sometime prior to 1920‚ the results from the experiment were published in February 1920 in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. The experiment was to expand on Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiments that were performed on dogs to see how

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    J.B Watson‚ who is generally regarded as the founder of behaviorism (Cornwell & Hobbs‚ 1976‚ p. 9) and R. Rayner was able to conduct many experiments such as one called the “Little Albertexperiment‚ in the year of 1920. These psychologists were trying to test the fear that this infant had on certain animals and masks. In other terms‚ they were testing his reactions to different objects or events that elicit sensory or behavioral responses. Watson believed that a child is born with a limited number

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    Essay on the “Little Albert Experiment” Clarence Losey South University Online Essay on the “Little Albert Experiment” Classical Conditioning is a form of behavioral learning in which a previously neutral stimulus acquires the power to elicit the same innate reflex produced by another Stimulus (Jonson‚ Zimbardo & McCann‚ 2009‚ p.95). By pairing the banging bar and the white rat‚ Watson and Rayner were able to use classical conditioning by hitting the bar at the same time Albert touched the

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    1. The Little Albert Experiment - 1920 The Little Albert Experiment was conducted and published in 1920. This experiment happened at Johns Hopkins University by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner. The study was conducted to prove that there was evidence of classical conditioning in humans making them fear things‚ such as white mice‚ by the unconditioned fear of loud noises. Watson felt that fear was learned and that children were not born with it‚ and he wanted to find support for that. He believed

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    have chosen to look at Watson’s Little Albert study. I remember learning of this experiment in high school psychology‚ and it has always stuck in my mind – mainly because I feel so bad for the little guy! He thinks he is going to play with a nice‚ cute little animal (rat)‚ and then he ends up getting terrified! A more formal recap is as follows: In an effort to demonstrate whether or not emotional responses could be conditioned‚ Watson introduced a baby Albert (nine months) to various stimuli

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    Activity 2 – Watson’s ‘Little AlbertExperiment Independent Variable - The rat. Dependent Variable - Whether Little Albert cried or not. Unconditioned response - whether he was capable of showing fear or not. Neutral stimulus –The Rat Unconditioned Stimulus –the loud noise. Conditioned Stimulus- loud noise paired with any attempt that albert made to play with the rat Conditioned Response-caused the fearful behaviour Hypothesis – to test the belief that fears can be acquired through classical

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    the Little Albert study performed by John Watson. The first I had heard of it was in my psychology class that I took in my junior year of high school. There‚ we learned what Watson supposedly did to the nine-month-old little boy named Albert. The short version of this study is that Watson conditioned Albert to fear certain objects‚ such as a Santa Clause mask‚ and animals‚ such as a white rat‚ with a loud banging sound produced by a steel bar‚ a sound that scared the little boy. John Watson was a

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    Ever stopped and wondered if humans could be taught to fear a certain object by just looking at it? John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner (1920) expressed that this occurrence could be made possible. Watson and Rayner (1920) conducted an experiment named “Conditioned Emotional Reactions” in 1920‚ which consisted of “the possibility of conditioning various types of emotional responses”. Watson and Rayner (1920) wanted to prove that they could condition the fear of an animal in a human by pairing the physical

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    In this article the author‚ Watson‚ reports an experiment that was done with Little Albert. Little Albert was an infant during the experiment period and Watson thought he would be a good candidate for the experiment because he seemed stable and healthy. Watson was trying to determine several different factors starting with if fear could be conditioned on animals like white rats‚ by presenting the animal and striking a steel bar to create a loud sound at the same time. If it turns out so that fear

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    the Little Albert ExperimentAlbert was exposed to various cues ranging from a white rat‚ a rabbit‚ a dog‚ a monkey‚ masks (with and without hair)‚ cotton‚ wool‚ burning newspapers‚ and other various stimulus. Albert showed no signs of fear‚ and did not really react to any of the stimulus. It wasn’t until till they allowed Albert to play with the rat that he started reacting. Every time he touched the rat‚ the researchers created a loud frightening noise that scared Albert. In turn‚ Albert responded

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