Question 1
Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that fears might be ________.
◦ based on classical conditioning
◦ deeply rooted in the innate unconscious of infants
◦ based on the principle of observational learning
◦ based on Skinner's analysis of positive reinforcement
Question 2
What could John Watson have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?
◦ Show Albert a toy dog instead of a live rat.
◦ Let Albert touch a Santa Claus beard repeatedly.
◦ Show Albert a rat many times without a loud noise following so that extinction would occur.
◦ Have Albert hear a loud noise many times without a rat present.
Albert Einstein
John Macadam
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Emotion: fear.
John Tackett in spring of 2003 at age 15