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theories
Page 1 2 key studies
content notes
3 4
Page
page 5 glossary
, G RA V E
onlyone individualused AlbertB
Investigatewhether theycouldcondition phobia or an object not
previouslyteared can be learnt
G boychildAmericansoungeneralisable
fearoran animalbypairing it withthe
as Albert is developed fear
noiseof striking asteel barwith a
or rats and similar stimuli that IR thighreliabilityasmethodissimpleand
weredocumentedandhadsetor
hammer Theyalsowanted tosee it standardised procedures to replicate
other he previously didnt have
would betransferred to
thisyear M suggests phobiatreatmentbasedoncc
stimuliand the effect oftime onthe Alberts fear lasted 31days after likesystematic desenisitation andCBT
the emotionaltests took place oneofbestwaystotreatanxietydisorders
pairing labexperiment
validityasbaseline
highinternal such as
withlotsof controls
emotionaltestsandcontrolorplayblocks
environment
lowecologicalvalidityas
andsituationout orordinaryforAlbert
LittleAlbert was achildso
E couldn'tconsent orwithdraw
left thestudymorefearfulthan
Albert B amonth d b
LEARNING
CLASSICStUDymn start sowasn'tprotectedfrom
tests psychological harm
Carriedout baseline emotional
reactionto
which found he had little
presentedstimuli Eg rat rabbitdog
researchers presentedAlbertB with
yaygym payHER 1920 issues DEBATES
thestimuli then hithammeronsteel ethicalissues
bar to startpairing Albert negativelyaffectedasmade to
developtear hedidn'tpreviouslyhave
repeated this pairingseveraltimes
with the rat issues
cultural andgender
onlyone Americanboysotheresults
after pairings littleAlbertbegan foundmaynotapply to women or
to crawlaway at the sightor a
white rat conditioned to develop a fearof cross culturally
a rat and this fear can be
Psychologyassocialcontrol
17 daysafter first pairing they stimuli suggestspairingneutralstimwithunconstim
noted stimulus generalisationas generalised to similar researchercouldcreatephobiasinanyone
when presented with a rabbit psychologicalknowledgeinsociety
Albert whimperedandburstinto us suggestseffectiveideasforphobia
tears treatmentlike systematic desensitisation
let albert pray withblocksthrough Psychologicalchangeover time
out as a control to compare his ccbeganwithparloranddogs war men
mm researched cconhumans skinner
introducedideaoroperantconditioning
thenBanduraintroducedsociallearningtheory
