little albert phobias

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    • watson and rayner 1920
    • little albert was a 11 month old child
    • aimed to test whether humans acquire phobias through classical conditioning
    • little albert was repeatedly presented with a white rat
    • the white rat at first was a neutral stimulus and little albert showed no response
    • little albert was then presented with a loud noise (ucs) where he showed a fear response (ucr)
    • the rat (ns) was then presented with the loud noise (ucr) where albert showed a fear response (ucr)
    • whenever he was then presented with the rat (cs) he would show a fear response (cr)
    • he associated the loud noise with the white rat
    • he acquired a phobia through classical conditioning
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