Watson and Rayner’s Study Quiz

How old what Little Albert in the beginning of the study

• 9 months

• 11 months

• 8 months

• 1 year

True or false: Was Watson and Rayner’s study an experiment?

• True

• False

What was the neutral stimulus used in the study?

• Hammer

• White rat

• White fluffy dog

• White rabbit

What was the aim of Watson and Rayner’s study?

• To test Albert's emotional response to objects he was confronted with

• To test Albert's physical response to objects he was confronted with

• To test how Albert would react to white fluffy objects.

What happened during Session 3 of the procedures?

• The research question at this time was whether the learned link between rat and the noise would be generalised to other objects.

• Albert was exposed five times to ‘joint stimulation (shown the rat and a loud noise was made ad the same time)

• Albert was variously presented with the rat, wooden blocks, a rabbit, a dog, a seal fur coat, cotton wool and John Watson’s hair.

• Albert was brought back to the man to have his emotion reactions tested

What kind of study was Watson’s and Rayner’s?

• Experiment

• Naturalistic observation

• Controlled observation

• Case study

What was an Ethical Issue of the Watson and Rayner Study?

• Albert ended up passing away from the study

• There was confidentially

• No psychological harm was done to Albert

• Albert was not unconditioned

What object did they use to prove that Albert was not afraid of all objects?

• Teddy bear

• Blocks

• A book

• Watson’s Hair

What room did they take Little Albert into when changing the environment?

• A lecture hall

• A laboratory

• A play room

• A kitchen

Limitations of Watson and Rayner’s Study?

• Lacked ecological validity

• Lacked sufficient data to produce reliable results

• The sample only consisted of one child

• Watson was kinda dumb