AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Watson believed that children should be treated as young adults. In his book, he warned against the inevitable dangers of a mother providing too much love and affection. Watson’s slogan was ‘not more babies but better brought up babies’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Watson & Rayner wanted to show that Classical Conditioning would work on a human. They conditioned Baby Albert to be frightened of a white rat. This was a lab experiment where the IV was the conditioned stimulus and the DV was Baby Albert’s emotional reactions, which were filmed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Little Albert Experiment demonstrated that classical conditioning could be used to create a phobia. A phobia is an irrational fear, that is out of proportion to the danger. In this experiment, a previously unafraid baby was conditioned to become afraid of a rat.

Detailed explanation-4: -This experiment is considered very unethical. The researchers failed to decondition Albert to the stimuli he was afraid of, which should have been done after the experiment. Albert ended up passing away at the age of six due to hydrocephalus, a condition that can lead to brain damage.