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  1. The Little Albert Experiment

    The Little Albert experiment is a great example of how classical conditioning can be used to condition an emotional response. Here's how the process works: Neutral Stimulus : A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response (the white rat).

  2. Little Albert Experiment (Watson & Rayner)

    The experiment was performed in 1920 and was a case study aimed at testing the principles of classical conditioning. Watson and Raynor presented Little Albert (a nine-month-old boy) with a white rat, and he showed no fear.

  3. Classical Conditioning: How It Works With Examples

    Classical conditioning is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a reflex-eliciting unconditioned stimulus, such that the neutral stimulus eventually elicits the same innate reflex response that the unconditioned stimulus does. For example, pairing a bell sound (neutral stimulus) with the presentation of food (unconditioned stimulus) can cause an organism to ...

  4. 4 Fascinating Classical Conditioning & Behaviorism Studies

    This article offers historical background into classical conditioning and behaviorism and how these theories are applied in today's society. ... B. F. Skinner (1948) conducted various experiments on rats in a box known as the 'Skinner Box.' At first, he put a hungry rat in the box that wandered around and discovered a lever. The rat ...

  5. The Little Albert Experiment

    Their goal was to explore the concept of classical conditioning. This theory proposes that individuals can learn to link an emotionless stimulus with an emotional reaction through repeated pairings. For their experiment, Watson and Rayner selected a 9-month-old infant named "Albert" and exposed him to a series of stimuli, including a white rat ...

  6. Little Albert Experiment: Classical Conditioning Landmark Study

    Classical conditioning, first discovered by Ivan Pavlov in his famous experiments with dogs, is a learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus. ... Watson and Rayner began by presenting Albert with various stimuli, including a white rat, a rabbit, a dog, and several masks ...

  7. The Little Albert Experiment And The Chilling Story Behind It

    In 1920, the two psychologists behind the Little Albert Experiment performed a study on a nine-month-old baby to determine if classical conditioning worked on humans — and made him terrified of harmless objects in the process. In 1920, psychologists John Watson and Rosalie Rayner performed what's known today as the Little Albert Experiment.

  8. Little Albert Experiment

    In this experiment, a previously unafraid baby was conditioned to become afraid of a rat. Classical conditioning plays a central role in the development of fears and associations.

  9. 6.3 Classical Conditioning

    Watson offered her a dollar to allow her son to be the subject of his experiments in classical conditioning. Through these experiments, Little Albert was exposed to and conditioned to fear certain things. Initially he was presented with various neutral stimuli, including a rabbit, a dog, a monkey, masks, cotton wool, and a white rat.

  10. Little Albert Experiment

    Definition: The Little Albert Experiment was a psychological study conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner in 1920. The experiment aimed to demonstrate classical conditioning, a form of associative learning, in humans. The researchers sought to show that a child could be conditioned to develop a fear response to a previously neutral ...