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1 Little Emotional Albert By: Monica Long-Davis and DeAndra Rogers-Austin

2 Background Psychologist: J.B. Watson and R. Rayner Hypothesis: Albert will eventually become conditioned to be afraid of the rat Study method: Experiment

3 Subjects and Experiment Albert B.: 9 months and an orphan Procedure: to see if he would be afraid of certain stimuli – UCS: Bell – UCR: Fear – NS: White rat – CS: Rat – CR: Fear

4 Experiment: 11 months Showed white rat and heard loud noise – Interested in rat but heard loud noise and got startled – A week later: Presented w/ rat w/o noise – Tested again: still afraid – Test of (generalization) w/ white rabbit

5 Convinced great portion of psychology community Watson’s findings could explain human behavior in straightforward and simple terms – Compared to notions of Freud and followers

6 Results/Findings and Criticism Study helped launch one of major schools of thought in psych http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBfnXACsOI

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