Little Albert

Learning Intention - you will learn about:

The research about little Albert and the impact of Classical Conditioning on fear development

Success Criteria - you will be able to:

Identify the elements of classical conditioning
Explain and identify the terminology of classical conditioning
Apply the elements and terminology of classical conditioning

Prior Knowledge - you should already be able to:

Identify CS UCS NS UCR CR

Vocabulary:

Neutral Stimulus
UnConditioned Stimulus
UnConditioned Response
Conditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Response
Stimulus generalisation
Stimulus discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery

New Knowledge

Classical condittioning LITTLE ALBERT

The ‘Little Albert’ experiment

Sometimes, an emotional reaction such as fear or anger in response to a specific stimulus is learned through classical conditioning. When this occurs, it is often called a conditioned emotional response. This type of response is observed when the autonomic nervous system produces a reaction to a stimulus that did not previously trigger that reaction.

Application Task

Create a comic strip summarising the Little Albert study.

Create using the templates on Canva or create a hard copy using the template .

Write a debate on whether the long term scientific gain was worth the breaches of ethics for Little Albert.

comicstrip1.pdf

Goal Review

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