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Watson & Rayner - Little Albert
study (1920)
AIMS
AIM 1: AIME 2: AIM 3:
to see if they could to see if the fear would to see if there would be
condition the fear of an be transferred or an effect of time on the
animal by simultaneously generalised to other conditioned fear
presenting the animal & animals or objects response
striking a steel bar to
make a loud noise
PROCEDURE & RESULTS
At 9 months old, a white 5 days later Albert was At 1 years & 21 days old,
rat was presented to brought back to the lab the final part of the
albert, he began to reach to see if the fear had experiment took place
for it and just as his hand been generalised. where the experimenters
touched the rat, the bar assessed that the
They alternated blocks
was stuck immediately emotional responses
and rat - happy with
behind his head. lasted longer than a
blocks, cried at the rat
month - though the
Albert jumped and fell
they then tested with
response was a little
forward, but didnt cry. other objects such as:
weaker
When he went to reach
for the rat again, the bar a rabbit on that day, albert was
was hit & he fell forward a fur coat removed from the study
and began to cry so they couldnt remove
a santa mask
the conditioned
Watson & Rayner - Little Albert study (1920) 1
Watson & Rayner - Little Albert
study (1920)
AIMS
AIM 1: AIME 2: AIM 3:
to see if they could to see if the fear would to see if there would be
condition the fear of an be transferred or an effect of time on the
animal by simultaneously generalised to other conditioned fear
presenting the animal & animals or objects response
striking a steel bar to
make a loud noise
PROCEDURE & RESULTS
At 9 months old, a white 5 days later Albert was At 1 years & 21 days old,
rat was presented to brought back to the lab the final part of the
albert, he began to reach to see if the fear had experiment took place
for it and just as his hand been generalised. where the experimenters
touched the rat, the bar assessed that the
They alternated blocks
was stuck immediately emotional responses
and rat - happy with
behind his head. lasted longer than a
blocks, cried at the rat
month - though the
Albert jumped and fell
they then tested with
response was a little
forward, but didnt cry. other objects such as:
weaker
When he went to reach
for the rat again, the bar a rabbit on that day, albert was
was hit & he fell forward a fur coat removed from the study
and began to cry so they couldnt remove
a santa mask
the conditioned
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