Conclusions

• What was the main conclusion proposed by Watson and Rayner?

  It is easy to create a fear response
• How was this evident?

  2 sessions a week was enough to learn a conditioned, emotional response.
• Where would early conditioned response be found?

  In individuals who are 'constitutionally inferior'
• What else was found about conditioned responses?

  They are generalised to similar stimuli
• What can the findings be used for?

  Treatment for Aversion Therapy and Systematic desensitisation
• What cannot be identified from this study?

  The possibility to decondition fears.