On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:51:11 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Batsell) wrote:
>Hank and others, > >If my memory serves correct, the Little Albert study and the Little Peter >study are 2 different experiments. The Little Albert study was conducted by >Watson & Rayner, with the key test animal (CS) a rat. Unfortunately, the >study was terminated before Watson & Rayner could extinguish Albert's fear >to the rat. > >The Little Peter study was conducted by Mary Cover Jones (1924). It involved >Peter and fear conditioning to a rabbit. Later, Jones conducted >counterconditioning with the rabbit and an appetitive US to eliminate the >fear responses to the rabbit. > I think that Peter's fear of the rabbit was 'homegrown', as Watson described it, not conditioned in the laboratory. But Mary Cover Jones did use counterconditioning by gradually bringing a rabbit closer and closer while Peter was eating something he already liked. Bruce Hetzler Department of Psychology Lawrence University Appleton, WI 54912 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
