Question

question 5
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what did john b. watson and rosalie rayner demonstrate with their studies of little albert?
a boys display fear differently from girls
b boys display more fear than girls
c emotion can be a conditioned response
d fear cannot be a conditioned response

Explanation:

John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner's Little Albert experiment was a classic study in behaviorism. In this experiment, they conditioned an infant (Little Albert) to fear a white rat (which was initially a neutral stimulus) by pairing it with a loud, frightening noise (an unconditioned stimulus that naturally caused fear). Through repeated pairings, the rat alone (now a conditioned stimulus) came to elicit fear (a conditioned response). This demonstrated that emotions (in this case, fear, which is an aspect of emotion) could be conditioned. Options A and B are incorrect as the study was not about gender differences in fear display or amount. Option D is the opposite of what the experiment showed.

Answer:

C. emotion can be a conditioned response