What Could John Watson Have Done to Eliminate Little Albert's

question 288

Multiple Choice

What could John Watson have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

• A) Show Albert a toy dog instead of a live rat.
• B) Let Albert touch a Santa Claus beard repeatedly.
• C) Show Albert a rat many times without a loud noise following so that extinction would occur.
• D) Have Albert hear a loud noise many times without a rat present.

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