AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following best describes the work of Rosalie Rayner?
A
occurs when an individual’s old response becomes attached to a new stimulus
B
learning that occurs as a result of the consequences of behavior
C
the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response
D
studied salivation responses in dogs
E
conditioned an 11-month-old boy to fear laboratory rats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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).

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: -In Watson and Rayner’s experiment with Little Albert, they paired a loud noise with a white rat. Although Albert had not initially been afraid of the rat, after only seven pairings of the loud noise with the white rat, Albert began to fear the rat, even when the loud noise was no longer sounded.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement about John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner’s Little Albert study is FALSE? The results are still relevant because Watson and Rayner showed how fear responses could be produced through classical conditioning.

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