2: KKDP 4 Little Albert

Question 1

Ethical breach 1:

Answer 1

Voluntary participation - Breached, as Albert’s mum did not receive adequate information.

Question 2

Ethical breach 2:

Answer 2

Withdrawal rights - Albert demonstrated severe distress and Watson made no attempt to end the experiment.

Question 3

Ethical breach 3:

Answer 3

Debriefing - There is an obligation to extinguish the conditioning to prevent psychological or physical harm, however, Albert’s conditioning was not extinguished.