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1.3.4 Classical Research - Little Albert Flashcards

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1
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(Method) What was the little Albert study designed to test?

A

Whether human emotions can be acquired through classical conditioning - teaching a phobia

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(Method) What research method was used in the study?

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A controlled observation

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(Method) Who was the participant?

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A normal male aged 9 months

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(Method) Why was it not a case study?

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It only focuses on Alberts response to conditioning, it wasn’t in depth or over time

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(Method) Why was the study not an experiment?

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There was only one condition

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(Procedure) What were Alberts responses recorded using?

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A motion picture camera

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(Procedure)What happened in the first part of emotional tests?

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Alberts emotional response were tested by presenting him with objects he hadn’t seen before

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(Procedure)What objects was Albert presented wi during emotional tests?

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A white rat
Monkey 
Cotton wool
A rabbit
A dog
Masks
Burning newspaper
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(Procedure) What happened during the second part of emotional tests?

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Albert was tested with a loud noise produced by striking a hammer on a steel bar behind his head

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(Procedure) What happened to 11month 3day old Albert in session 1?

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Albert was presented with the rat and began to reach for it, at that moment the bar was struck behind his head

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(Procedure) What happened to 11month 10day old Albert during session 2?

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Albert was shown the rat with no noise to see if he was affected by his previous experience
Then Albert was exposed to the joint stimulation 5 times

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(Procedure) What is the joint stimulation?

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The rat paired with the noise

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(Procedure) Who conducted the little Albert study?

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Watson and Rayner

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(Procedure) What happened to 11month 15day old Albert during session 3 of generalisation?

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Albert was shown the rat, wooden blocks, a rabbit, a dog, a fur coat, cotton wool and watsons hair to see if the link would generalise to other objects

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(Procedure) What happened during session 4 of the new environment when Albert was 11 months and 20 days

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Albert was taken to a new environment a well lit lecture room with 4 people present, he was then placed on a table and was shown the objects
Freshening up occurred

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(Procedure) What is freshening up that occurred in session 4?

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Further joint stimulation to strengthen Alberts response

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(Procedure) What did 12 month and 21day old Alberts final tests in session 5 involve?

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A Santa mask
A fur coat
A rat
A rabbit
A dog 
Wooden blocks
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(Findings) What were the findings of the emotional tests to the objects?

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Albert showed no fear response to any of the objects

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(Findings) What was Alberts response to the noise during the emotional tests?

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The first time the bar was struck - Albert started violently, his breathing checked and arms raised
By the 3rd strike he broke into a crying fit

20
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(Findings) During session 1 when the bar was struck with the rat what was Alberts response?

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1st time - Albert jumped and fell forward, burying his head

2nd time - Albert fell again whimpering a little

21
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(Findings) in session 2 what response did Albert show to the rat?

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Just stared at it

When it was placed closer he began to reach but withdrew when it tried to nuzzle his hand

22
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(Findings) during session 2 Alberts cautious behaviour was tested by giving him blocks, what did he do?

A

Played normally showing his emotional state was normal and the cautious response was only to the rat

23
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(Findings) during session 2 after further joint stimulation, when Albert was shown the rat what did he do?

A

Became distressed
Cried
Crawled away so rapidly he had to be caught before reaching the edge of the table

24
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(Findings) when shown the blocks in session 3 what did albert do?

A

Played happily

25
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(Findings) in session 3 what was alberts immediate response to the rat?

A

Fear

26
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(Findings) in session 3 what was alberts reaction to the rabbit?

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Just as extreme as the rat

Bursting into tears and crawling away

27
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(Findings) in session 3 the dog and fur coat did not produce what?

A

As violent a reaction

28
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(Findings) in session 3 when given the cotton wool in a package what did Albert do?

A

Played with the package

Didn’t touch the cotton wool at first but was later less cautious

29
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(Findings) in session 3 what was alberts response to John Watson hair?

A

No fear response

30
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(Findings) in session 4 in the new environment Alberts responses to the rat and rabbit were what?

A

Less extreme

31
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(Findings) in session 4 after freshening up what was alberts conditioned fear response?

A

Stronger

32
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(Findings) in session 4 what was alberts response to the building blocks?

A

Playing happily never whimpering

33
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(Findings) in session 4 it was shown a distinct learned response persisted to what type of objects?

A

Furry

34
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(Findings) in session 5 Albert responded to the furry objects in a less extreme way but still did what?

A

Avoided them and whimpered

On occasions crying

35
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(Conclusions) the experiment showed the ease at which what can be created?

A

A fear response

36
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(Conclusions) how many joint stimulations were sufficient to create an emotional response?

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Two

37
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(Conclusions) how many joint stimulations were sufficient to bring about the complete response?

A

7

38
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(Conclusions) the study showed learnt responses can be generalised to what? And how did the study show this?

A

Similar stimuli

Albert was scared of objects sharing characteristics with the rat such as the rabbit and the cotton wool

39
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(Conclusions) Watson and rayner said it is provable many phobias are accounted via what?

A

Classical conditioning and association

40
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(Conclusions) Watson and Rayner suggested persistence of early conditioned responses would only be found in who?

A

People who were constitutionally inferior - psychologically weaker

41
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(Conclusions) at the time of the research the favoured psychological explanations were what?

A

Freudian psychodynamic explanations

42
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(Conclusions) the Freudian interpretation of little alberts thumb sucking was what?

A

Oral stage

43
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(Conclusions) Watson and rayner suggested Freud may have been wrong rather thumb sucking was what?

A

Compensation to block fear

Source of comfort

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