Baby Albert Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Baby Albert Experiment?
A
experiment done by John B Watson
- where the baby was classically conditioned to produce a fear response when seeing a white rat
2
Q
Who is the experimenter associated with Baby Albert
A
John B Watson
3
Q
What is the brief process associated with the experiment of Baby Albert?
A
- baby wasn’t scared of rat
- Watson banged a loud hammer when Albert would see the rat
- Albert developed a fear response to the rat
4
Q
What were the ethics broken in the experiment?
A
- failed to gain informed consent
- do no psychological or physiological harm
- no debriefing
- no confidentiality
5
Q
What are the CR, UCS etc of the experiment?
A
CS - seeing the rat CR - crying and fearful of the rat UCS - banging of the hammer UCR - crying and fear NS - seeing the rat
