KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The Little Albert experiment was a famous psychology experiment conducted by behaviorist John B. Watson and graduate student Rosalie Rayner. 1 Previously, Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov had conducted experiments demonstrating the conditioning process in dogs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The aim of Watson and Rayner was to condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child. For this study they chose a nine-month-old infant from a hospital. The child was referred to as “Albert” for the experiment. Watson followed the procedures which Ivan Pavlov had used in his experiments with dogs.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Watson and Rayner’s experiment with Little Albert the neutral stimulus, that after conditioning became the conditioned stimulus, was: a white rat. In classical conditioning, this is the unlearned, naturally occurring reaction to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.