CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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 was a famous psychology experiment conducted by behaviorist John B. Watson and graduate student Rosalie Rayner.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The conditioned response from Little Albert was fear, which he exhibited by crying whenever he saw a white rat. He associated the loud sound, which was naturally frightening, with white rats which he had previously been exposed to, and had no fear of in the beginning.