Little Albert is presented with a rat and a flower followed by a very loud noise.According to Mineka,Little Albert is more likely to develop a fear to the rat than the flower.

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This is based on the classical conditioning experiment conducted by Watson and Rayner in 1920, where they conditioned a fear response in a young boy (Little Albert) by pairing the presentation of a white rat with a loud noise. After repeated pairing, Little Albert showed fear towards the rat even without the noise present. Mineka replicated this study with monkeys and found that they also developed fears towards stimuli that were not inherently threatening, but were paired with a loud noise.

Little Albert Is Presented with a Rat and a Flower