Discussion Forum 5

In Watson and Rayner's experiments, “Little Albert” learned to fear a white rat after repeatedly experiencing a loud noise as the rat was presented. In these experiments, describe whether you think this experiment was ethical.  Do you think there were any adverse effects on Little Albert due to the experiment?  Describe how this experiment exemplifies classical conditioning as discussed in Chapter 6 of the Myers and DeWall textbook.

Your post should be two paragraphs in length (four to five sentences in length).  Response posts should be two to three sentences in length.