In a Famous Study About Fear Conditioning, Dr

question 165

Multiple Choice

In a famous study about fear conditioning, Dr. Watson offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind the baby's head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the __________ in his study.

• A) discriminative stimulus
• B) counterconditioning stimulus
• C) conditioned stimulus
• D) unconditioned stimulus

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Definitions:

Emotional Amnesia

A condition in which an individual is unable to recall emotional memories, often due to psychological trauma.

Discriminatory Learning

The process by which organisms learn to respond differently to different stimuli based on their experiences.

Contingency Learning

The process of learning to associate a particular action or behavior with a specific consequence or reward.

Unconditional Response

A natural, unlearned reaction to a stimulus in classical conditioning, such as salivating when smelling food.