Watson conditioned fear in Little Albert by presenting a white rat with the loud clanging sound. __________ was the CS, and __________ was the US.

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is the neutral stimulus that gets paired with the unconditioned stimulus (US) to elicit a response. In this case, the white rat was the CS, and the loud clanging sound was the US that naturally elicited fear in Little Albert. After multiple pairings of the rat and the loud sound, the rat became associated with fear, and Little Albert began to display fear responses to the rat alone, even in the absence of the loud sound.

Watson Conditioned Fear in Little Albert by Presenting a White