In Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" Study, Each Time the Rat

question 77

Multiple Choice

In Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study, each time the rat was presented to the boy, it was accompanied by a loud noise. In this experiment, Albert's reaction of fear upon hearing the loud noise was the ________.

• A) unconditioned response
• B) conditioned response
• C) latent response
• D) counterconditioned response

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