Explain the case study of Little Albert.
Explain the case study of Little Albert.
Watson and Rayner (1920) created a phobia in 9 month old Albert. He showed no anxiety at the start. When he was showed a white rat, he tried to play with it. However, the experimenters tried to give him a phobia: whenever the white rat was present, they'd make a frightening noise by banging an iron bar close to his ear. The conditioning generalised to similar objects like a non-white rabbit, a fur coat, and Watson dressed as Santa. Albert was distressed at all of these.
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