Mowrer 1960: the two process model

Question 1

what is the first process in Mowrer’s model?

Answer 1

acquisition of phobias through classical conditioning

association of stimuli

Question 2

what is the second process in Mowrer’s model?

Answer 2

maintanence of phobias through operant conditioning

consequences

Question 3

who conducted the 1920 experiment relating to phobias?

Answer 3

Watson and Rayner

Question 4

what was Watson and Rayner’s experiment?

Answer 4

got an infant AKA ‘little albert’ to devleop a phobia of rats
(NS- neutral stimulus)

Question 5

what did Watson and Rayner have little albert do during there experiement?

Answer 5

play with a white rat
BUT
then banged two metal bars together behind him
(UCS- unconditioned stimulus)

Question 6

how many times was Watson and Rayner’s experiment repeated and when did it stop?

Answer 6

several times
until prescence of the white rat- (now CS
alone produced a fear response- (CR)

Question 7

what happened to little albert after this experiment?

Answer 7

became scared of anything white and/or fluffy including santa claus’sbeard

Question 8

what was little alberts response to the rat called after the experiment?

Answer 8

generalisation