Watson's Unorthodox Experiment: Watson And Rayner

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There was unorthodox experiment that was conducted to exposing a little baby boy named Albert to a series of stimuli which included with a white rat, a rabbit, a dog, a monkey, with masks with and without hair, cotton wool, burning newspapers, etc. At no time did this infant ever show fear in any situation. (Watson & Rayner 1920). So the next attempt was when Albert was exposed to a rat, Watson made a loud noise by hitting a metal pipe with a hammer. Naturally, Albert began to cry after hearing the loud noise. After repeatedly pairing the white rat with the loud noise, Albert began to cry simply after seeing the rat. (Watson & Rayner 1920). Therefore, Albert was had a conditioned stimulus was the white rat and the conditioned response was fear. …show more content…
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