Procedures

• How many sessions were conducted in the procedure?

  5 sessions
• What was the purpose of the emotional test in the procedure?

  • To test Albert's emotional responses
  • Confronted with various objects
  • Included a loud sound stimulus
• What objects were used to test Albert's emotional responses?

  White rat, rabbit, dog, monkey, mask
• How was the loud sound stimulus created during the emotional test?

  By striking a hammer with a steel bar
• How old was Albert during Session 1?

  11 months 3 days
• What happened when Albert reached for the rat in Session 1?

  A bar was struck above his head
• How old was Albert during Session 2?

  11 months 10 days
• What was the purpose of presenting the rat by itself in Session 2?

  To see if previous experience affected behavior
• What was the joint stimulation in Session 2?

  Showing the rat and making a loud noise
• How old was Albert during Session 3?

  11 months 15 days
• What was the focus of Session 3?

  Whether the learned link would generalize
• What objects were presented to Albert in Session 3?

  Rat, wooden blocks, rabbit, dog, seal fur coat
• How old was Albert during Session 4?

  11 months 20 days
• What was done to freshen up Albert's conditioned emotional response in Session 4?

  Used joint stimulation
• What was significant about the location in Session 4?

  Albert was taken to a new location
• How old was Albert during Session 5?

  12 months 21 days
• What was the final test conducted in Session 5?

  • No emotional tests conducted
  • Involved a Santa Claus mask
  • Included a fur coat, rat, rabbit, dog, blocks
• How did the emotional tests evolve throughout the sessions?

  They progressed from single objects to multiple stimuli