Albert went through a series of emotional tests and was found to not show any fear responses to any situation. The conditioning process started 2 months later.
SESSION 1: little albert was presented with the rat. when he went to reach out for it a loud bar was struck behind his head. this was done twice.
SESSION 2: a week later albert was exposed to the pairing of the rat and the loud noise 5 more times. after this he was showed building blocks as a control to which he showed no fear.
SESSION 3: after 5 days, albert was tested on his response to the rat when the bar was struck. he was further tested with other objects such as wooden blocks, a rabbit, cotton wool and a fur coat in the same way.
SESSION 4: albert was taken to a theatre with 4 people present after 5 days where he was tested on his responses to the various objects and loud noise.
SESSION 5: the final test a month later included a variety of different objects e.g. rabbit, rat, dog, santa claus mask.
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