watson and rayner (1920)

Question 1

what was the aim of the study?

Answer 1

they aimed to demonstrate that classical comnditioning could be used to create a fear response in a child to an innocuous stimulus (one that wouldnt usually frighten children)

Question 2

what were the three main research questions?

Answer 2

1. specifically to find out if a fear response can be conditioned into a 9 month old baby boy
2. to see if a fear response will be generalised to other animals and objects
3. how long the conditioning lasts