Watson and Rayer

Watson and Rayer

1. procedure

   • 1 participant (9 months old) names Little albert in this study
   • Taken to a lab at 9 months old and shown objects and a rat.
   • at 11 months old he was taken to the lab again and this time he was shown the rat again and when he reached out for him a loud noise was made by a hammer and a metal bar
   • A week later Albert went again and was shown the rat without the loud noise, he was then shown it again and the noise was made
   • the next time he went Albert was shown other objects to see if it had the same impact and the response was freashened up 5 times
   • He was then taken to another environment (well-lit room) and the response was tested again
   • Lastly he was removed before the experiment could be completed fully

2. finding and conclusions

   • Albert showed no signs of distress or upset when he was first shown the objects and the rat
   • When the loud noise was made, Albert jumped and fell back
   • The next time he was shown the rat Albert strted crying and sucking his thumb to comfort himself
   • When the rabbit was shown to him his reaction was just as severe but with other objects he did not become scared
   • When he was taken to another environment, Albert firstly was not a severe but when it was freshened up it was worse than ever
   • Phobias are formed in this way
   • can be applied to other similar objects and different environments

3. Evaluate

   • Ethics
     • protection of animals
     • needed parental consent
     • Confidentiality was kept
     • huge protection to participant effected. Albert sucked his thumb to comfort himself and this effe ted the result so they had to reove his thumb
   • Only 1 participant therefore we cant generalise and compare
   • extraneous variable were controleled and a contrlol group was given (building blocks)