explore how classical conditioning can be used to create a phobia in humans using the classical conditioning principles
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The white rat was used as the...
neutral stimulus
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When Little Albert reached out to touch the white rat, the researchers
loudly stuck a steel bar behind him
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This caused Little Albert to display the unconditioned response, which was...
fear
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The white rat became the conditioned stimulus, and when Albert was presented with this, what was the fear he displayed in terms of classical conditioning principles?
conditioned response
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His anxiety response generalised to some other objects. Define generalisation.
association of similar stimuli that result in the same conditioned response
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Little Albert's anxiety response generalised to...
white, fluffy things like cotton wool, santa's beard
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The conclusion is that
it is possible to classically condition a phobia
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A strength of the study is that...
the study had strict controls and a standardised procedure, so the study could be replicated, making it reliable
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A weakness of the study is that...
it is a single case experiment so the findings may be limited to Albert, meaning the results may not be generalisable
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explore how classical conditioning can be used to create a phobia in humans using the classical conditioning principles
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The white rat was used as the...
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When Little Albert reached out to touch the white rat, the researchers
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This caused Little Albert to display the unconditioned response, which was...
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