In a famous study about fear conditioning, Dr. Watson offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind the baby's head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the __________ in his study.

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is previously neutral but becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus (US) to elicit a conditioned response (CR). In this study, the white rat was the CS as it was previously neutral but became associated with the loud noise (US) to elicit fear (CR) in Little Albert.

In a Famous Study About Fear Conditioning, Dr