In the "Little Albert" study, an 11-month-old boy was taught to fear a rat through ______.

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The "Little Albert" study is a famous example of classical conditioning, in which the 11-month-old boy was conditioned to fear a previously neutral stimulus (a white rat) by pairing it with a loud, startling noise, eventually leading to a fear response even when the rat was presented without the noise. Observational learning involves learning by observing the behavior of others, cognitive retraining involves changing thought patterns through therapy or other techniques, and operant conditioning involves learning through reinforcement and punishment of behavior. None of these concepts apply to the Little Albert study.

In the "Little Albert" Study, an 11-Month-Old Boy Was Taught