Watson and Raynor, study of classical conditioning
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- Watson & Rayner
- Aim
- To see if its possible to induce fear of a previously unfeared object, through classical conditioning.
- Method
- Case study
- Subject
- Little Albert was 11 months old. His mother was a nurse so he grew up in a hospital environment.
- Procedure
- Session 1: when Albert was presented with a rat, the steel bar was struck. This was repeated
- Session 2: week later, just show the rat , and introduced the rat 3 times with the loud noise.
- session 3: to see if fear was transferred, Albert was brought back 5 days later. and presented with some toy blocks to play with, which seemed to calm him.
- session 4: 5 days later the Albert was shown rat, fear was there but weaker, so they conditioned him again.
- Session 5: one month later, albert was tested with various stimuli, he continued to show fear of the rat.
- Conclusion
- it is possible to condition fear.
- Time had not removed fear response.
- we do not know if Alberts fear of small fury animals lasted.
- Aim
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