Question

1. The first person to study human emotion systematically was ____________________ 2. The “Little Albert” experiment was conducted by _______________ and ______________ in the year __________ 3. What was one important implication of the “Little Albert” study? 4. The experiment of “Little Peter” was conducted by ___________________ in the year __________ 5. Making a list of anxiety inducing images about a specific “phobia” and then presenting that list to a client in order of least to most anxiety producing is called ____________________________

Answer 1

1.The first person to study human emotion systematically was John B Watson.He studied how certain stimuli led to emotionally aroused responses and how these responses are learned through conditioning.

2. The “Little Albert” experiment was conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner who was his student in the year in the year 1920.

3. What was one important implication of the “Little Albert” study?

It demonstrated how emotional responses can be classically conditioned in humans, similar to conditioning in Pavlov's experiments.The experiment had a 9 month old participant named Albert who was conditioned to fear white furry objects.

4. The experiment of “Little Peter” was conducted by Mary Cover Jones in the year 1924. Her experiment was a reverse of Watson's little Albert experiment.It showed how fear response can be reduced or deconditioned.

5. Making a list of anxiety inducing images about a specific “phobia” and then presenting that list to a client in order of least to most anxiety producing is called systematic desensitization.It was developed by Joseph Wolpe.