Findings

• Session 1 


  •When the bar was struck he jumped and fell forwards, burring head on the table where he was sat

  •Did not cry

  •Bar struck for a second time – fell forward and began whimpering this time
• Session 2


  •Did not reach out for the rat, instead he stared at it

  •Rat placed nearer- reached out to touch it carefully but removed hand when rat started to nuzzle his hand

  •Played happily with wooden blocks – showing the caution was just to the rat

  •Further joint stimulation – Albert became more distressed

  •When showed rat again he began to cry and crawl away so rapidly he almost fell off of the table
• • No fear response to objects shown before conditioning

  • Mother reported they had never seen Albert in a state of

  fear or rage and practically never cried

  • When loud noise was made Little Albert’s arms raised, began to pucker his lips and tremble

  • Third time bar was struck he broke out into a sudden crying fit – the first time that being in a lab produced fear or crying
• Session 3 


  Played happily with blocks but when shown the rat he immediately responded with fear, indicating he retained his conditioned emotional response to the rat.

  • Fear to rabbit was as extreme to the rat (crying and crawled away)

  • Dog nor coat gave as an extreme reaction

  • No fear shown towards cotton wool or Watson’s hair
• Session 4 


  •Before ‘freshening’ Albert’s response to the rat, rabbit and dog were less extreme than before in the new

  environment

  •After – the conditioned fear response was stronger

  •He always played happily with the building blocks – demonstrating a distinct learned response persisted

  towards the fury objects
• Session 5 


  • Albert responded to the test objects in a clearly different way to the control objects (the blocks).

  • His reaction to the fury objects was not as extreme as previously but he clearly avoided them, whimpered and on occasions cried.