Little Albert trivia
Little Albert Mini Quiz
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Question 1
Psychologist John B. Watson paired a white rat with what sudden sound to frighten the infant Little Albert?
Watson struck a suspended four-foot steel bar with a hammer directly behind the infant's head to induce a natural, unconditioned fear response.
Question 2
The Little Albert experiment demonstrated stimulus generalization when the child began to fear what other item?
The infant began to associate fear with other furry, white objects, causing him to cry when Watson himself approached wearing a bearded Santa Claus mask.
Question 3
The controversial Little Albert experiment aimed to prove what major concept about human phobias?
Watson sought to challenge Freudian theories by demonstrating that classical conditioning could artificially create irrational fears from scratch.