One of the earliest examples of classical conditioning was demonstrated in the case of an 11-month-old infant, named ___________, whose learned fear of rats generalized to include rabbits and other furry items.

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This is the classical conditioning experiment conducted by John Watson and Rosalie Rayner in 1920, famously known as the Little Albert experiment. The infant, whose real name was Douglas Merritte, was conditioned to fear a white rat by pairing the rat with a loud, frightening noise. This fear then generalized to include other furry objects.

One of the Earliest Examples of Classical Conditioning Was Demonstrated