Psychology - Watson & Raynor mind map
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- Watson & Raynor (1920)
- Methodology
- Controlled Observation on a baby - "Little Albert
- Controlled Lab Conditions
- DV = Albert's responses to stimuli
- Procedure
- Preliminary - 8 months Old
- Showed a range of stimuli. E.g. a rabbit, burning newspaper
- 11 Months Old
- Presented the rat and hit the bar when ever Albert reached for it
- 1 Week Later
- Rat w/ no noise, rat w/ noise 3 times, rat w/ no noise, rat w/ noise 2 times
- 5 Days Later
- Gave Albert blocks to calm him, showed him different stimuli, e.g. santa claus mask
- 5 Days Later
- Changed the setting to a lecture hall to test emotional transfer
- 1 Month Later
- Showed Albert a rt, rabbit , dog etc.
- Preliminary - 8 months Old
- Results/ Findings
- Preliminary - 8 months Old
- Showed no initial fear to any stimuli, apart from the noise of the steel bar
- 11 months Old
- Jumped and fell forward when he heard the noise. Would then begin to whimper
- 1 Week Later
- He began to cry even when he saw the rat with no noise and crawled away
- 5 Days Later
- He was calm & happy when he had the blocks. Cried at all the stimuli
- 5 Days Later
- Showed the same fear response even in a different setting
- 1 Month Later
- Showed the same fear response but was less intense
- Preliminary - 8 months Old
- Conclusion
- Freudian Position
- W&R criticised the (at the time) popular psychodynamic explanation of phobias
- Fear Response
- Fear response learned quicker if the noise was louder/more intense
- Emotional Transfer
- Phobias can be transferred to similar stimuli - especially in children (weak willed)
- Freudian Position
- Methodology
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