behaviourist classic evidence- Watson and Raynor

Question 1

what is the study for behaviourist classic evidence

Answer 1

little albert- classical conditioning

Question 2

what type of experiment was little albert study

Answer 2

a controlled observation

Question 3

what was stage 1 of little albert study

Answer 3

establishing a conditioned emotional response ( conditioning the fear of the white rat into albert) (11months 3 days - 11mths 10 days)

Question 4

what was stage 2 little albert study

Answer 4

transferring the conditioned response onto other stimuli - generalisation (presented with things that LOOK like the white rat to see if he is scared, changing settings to see it this make a difference) (11mths 15 days - 11mths 20 days)

Question 5

what’s was stage 3 little albert study

Answer 5

exploring the effects of time on conditioned emotional responses ( seeing how persistent the fear is over time) (12mths 21 days)

Question 6

on ethical issue in little albert study

Answer 6

risk of stress anxiety humiliation or pain- he was distressed throughout- in order to make this more ethical the research should have been cancelled when the negative effects were clear and he should have been counter conditioned to not fear the rat any more

Question 7

one positive of the little albert study

Answer 7

watson and raynor had lots of control in this experiment and were able to control extraneous variables- increases external validity

Question 8

what were the findings and conclusions of the little albert study

Answer 8

s1- they were able to condition the fear into him
s2- the fear could be generalised but lessened when the setting was changed
s3- fear response weakened but was still there over time

CONCLUSION- it is probable that many phobias is psychology have been conditioned and the persistence of these phobias increase in weak willed people

Question 9

what are some social implications of W+R

Answer 9

in advertising - using happy and repetitive music to condition customer to feel happy- associate happiness with product - more likely to buy

Question 10

what is one ethical issue of w&r

Answer 10

protection from harm - they never counter conditioned albert’s fear - could affect beyond study (w&r said they wanted to and didn’t get the chance)

Question 11

one positive ethical issue of w&r

Answer 11

confidentiality - little albert ‘albert b’ code name nobody knows real identity

Question 12

one positive in evaluation of methodology w&r

Answer 12

high internal reliability - standardised procedure each observation followed set structure in detail. consistency across observations

Question 13

one negative in evaluation of methodology w&r

Answer 13

study only done on 1 participant. we can’t assume others learn fear through conditioning the same way. low population validity