Watson and Rayner

Question 1

what did Watson and Rayner study?

Answer 1

classical conditioning

Question 2

what was the aim of this research?

Answer 2

to see if it is possible to induce a fear of a previously un feared object through classical conditioning

Question 3

what was the method used ?

Answer 3

a case study undertaken on one little boy ‘little albert’ done in a lab setting

Question 4

what was the findings ?

Answer 4

little albert’s baseline reactions were assessed before the experiment , before albert had no fear to rats, rabbits, dogs , mask with hair . no fear reaction was recorded for any of them.

Question 5

what age did albert start the experiment?

Answer 5

11 months

Question 6

what happened in the 1st session?

Answer 6

in the lab when albert was presented with a rat , when he reached for it a steel bar was hit making a loud noise , this was repeated

Question 7

what was the findings from the first session?

Answer 7

albert head the noise he jumped and fell forward , the second time he began to whimper
he was given a week off

Question 8

what happened in the 2nd session?

Answer 8

the rat is presented alone 
then the rat and noise x3 
then just rat 
then 2x noise and rat 
then rat alone 
albert had seen the rat and noise 7 times

Question 9

what were the findings for the second session?

Answer 9

albert now reacts alone to the rat by crying turning to the left and crawling away

Question 10

what happened in the 3rd session?

Answer 10

albert was bought back 5 days later
was presented with blocks
then presented with rats, rabbit, dog, seal fur coat , cotton wool, watsons hair and a santa claus mask
blocks were presented in between

Question 11

what were the findings for the third session?

Answer 11

albert played with blocks happily

had negative response to stimulus

Question 12

what happened in the 4th session?

Answer 12

5 days later, the rat was presented to albert alone the response was still present but weaker
the response was then freshened up

Question 13

what were the findings for the 4th session?

Answer 13

the fear response was pronounced with dog, rabbit and rat , once fear response was pronounced albert feared the stimulus again
blocks was still neutral

Question 14

what were the findings for the 5th session?

Answer 14

a month later albert was tested again with stimulus

Question 15

what were the findings for the 5th session?

Answer 15

showed fear of varying degrees to all stimulus

less frightened with rabbit