AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Apparently, the infant associated the white rat with the noise. The rat, originally a neutral stimulus, had become a conditioned stimulus, and was eliciting an emotional response (conditioned response) similar to the distress (unconditioned response) originally given to the noise (unconditioned stimulus).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Little Albert Experiment demonstrated that classical conditioning-the association of a particular stimulus or behavior with an unrelated stimulus or behavior-works in human beings. In this experiment, a previously unafraid baby was conditioned to become afraid of a rat.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Little Albert experiment demonstrated that classical conditioning (the association of a particular stimulus or behavior with an unrelated stimulus or behavior) works in human beings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Key points. Habituation is a simple learned behavior in which an animal gradually stops responding to a repeated stimulus. Imprinting is a specialized form of learning that occurs during a brief period in young animals-e.g., ducks imprinting on their mother.