BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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Question
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The white rat
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Anything white and furry
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The loud noise
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Fear
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Little Albert Experiment, the unconditioned response was the child crying when frightened by a loud noise. This is an unconditioned response because loud noises natural cause fear reactions in children and animals. This means the loud noise was the unconditioned stimulus in the experiment.
Detailed explanation-2: -A white laboratory rat was placed near Albert and he was allowed to play with it. At this point, Watson and Rayner made a loud sound behind Albert’s back by striking a suspended steel bar with a hammer each time the baby touched the rat. Albert responded to the noise by crying and showing fear.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the infant attempted to touch the rat, Watson would make a loud bang to scare him. Several repetitions later, the child cried upon seeing the rat alone without the noise. In this case, the loud noise was an unconditioned stimulus that could trigger the unconditioned reflexes of crying.