John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. rat served as the ________ stimulus in his study.
A) discriminative
B) counterconditioning
C) conditioned
D) unconditioned
E) extinguishing

Question

John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. rat served as the ________ stimulus in his study.
A) discriminative
B) counterconditioning
C) conditioned 
D) unconditioned
E) extinguishing

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

In John Watson's study, the rat served as the conditioned stimulus because it became associated with the loud noise (the unconditioned stimulus) and elicited a fear response in Little Albert (the conditioned response).

John Watson Offered a Live, White Rat to Little Albert