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1
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What is the Learning Classic Study?

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Watson and Rayner (1920)

2
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What is the aim?

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  • To find out if a fear response can be conditioned into a 9 month old baby boy.
  • To see if the fear response will be generalised to other animals and objects.
  • To identify how long the conditioning lasts.
3
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What is the research method?

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Lab experiment- repeated measures

4
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Who is the sample?

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One male infant aged 9 months at the start of the study.