finding and conclusions

• Emotional tests


  No fear response

  trembled and cried when bar struck
• 11 mo 3 days

  jumped and fell forward but didn’t cry with 1st JS

  jumped fell and whimpered with 2nd JS
• 11 Mo 10 days

  tentative towards rat, experience affected him

  3X JS fell and whimpered when rat was alone

  2X JS cried with rat alone
• 11 mo 15 days

  played w blocks and withdrew when rat presented- no transfer to objects in room during conditioning

  neg response to rabbit dog and fur coat crying at each

  neg response to cotton wool and santa mask but didn’t cry
• 11 mo 20 days

  played w blocks and withdrew from rat

  violent reaction w JS

  Fell over with rat alone,leaned away from rabbit and played with blocks

  after freshening, whimpered and fell when presented rabbit and dog

  jumped violently in JS

  Whimpered when present rat and rabbit and wailed at dog when it barked in his face
• 1 yr 21 days


  whimpered and cried when presented Santa Claus mask, fur coat, rabbit and dog

  withdrew from rat and began to fret
• conclusions

  fear response can be conditioned to neutral stimulus

  conditioned emotional responses can be transferred to similar stimuli

  conditioned emotional responses persist at least a month and likely throughout life

  many phobias due to conditioned emotional response

  Believed response could be removed through reconditioning