LEARNING
HOW WE LEARN AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
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Question
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He was bitten by a white lab rat
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He was separated from his mother
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A loud noise was paired with the white furry lab rat
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The white lab rat was repeatedly thrust at Little Albert
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both Watson and Rayner exposed the nine-month-old Albert to the white rat (conditioned stimulus) paired with the noise of the hammer striking the metal bar (unconditioned stimulus) to condition Little Albert to fear the white rat.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In this experiment, Watson and Rayner conditioned Little Albert into fearing a rat by producing a loud noise whenever he sees the rat, causing Little Albert to cry.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Watson was able to carry out the process of classical conditioning on Little Albert, since he was able to take a neutral stimulus (white rat) and pair it with the unconditioned stimulus (loud noise) to create the conditioned stimulus (white rat) and conditioned response (fear).