Watson trained Little Albert to fear a white rat. In his experiment the loud noise was a (n):

Related Mcqs:

1. Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
   1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
   2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
   3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
   4:None of the above

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 4

2. Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

   A. the law effect
   B. stimulus generalization
   C. stimulus discrimination
   D. an overactive imagination

3. If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a (n):

   A. US
   B. CS
   C. UR
   D. CR

4. An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ____________?

   A. John Watson
   B. Max Wertheimer
   C. Hermann von Helmholtz
   D. Edward Titchener

5. While reading a novel, Rizvi isn’t easily distracted by the sounds of the TV or even by his brothers’ loud arguments. This best illustrates:

   A. The phi phenomenon
   B. Perceptual constancy
   C. Interposition
   D. Selective attention

6. In an experiment studying the effects of different drugs on reaction time, each subject is presented with all of the conditions in the experiment. This is an example of ____________?

   A. factorial design
   B. within subjects design
   C. between subjects design
   D. quasi-experimental design

7. If someone already spreads the rumor about an experiment for being assessment of racist attitudes and the subjects then take care of not showing racist attitudes. The result of experiment will be __________?

   A. invalid
   B. biased
   C. error
   D. unreliable

8. An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:

   A. number of hours subjects go without sleep
   B. rote memory scores
   C. number of subjects deprived of sleep in the experimental group
   D. correlation between hours of sleep and fatigue

9. If an infant is startled by a loud sound, it makes movement similar to an embrace. This is called a______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. rooting
   C. Babinski
   D. Moro

10. The illusion of the rat or the professor and the young lady or the old lady are both examples of what type of illusion?

    A. Constancy
    B. Simultaneous contrasts
    C. Perceptual inference
    D. Reversible figures