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Watson worked with an infant child known as baby Albert. He showed Albert a white rat which is a neutral stimulus and Albert showed interest in it and wanted to play with it. Then Watson sounded a loud noise and realized that it naturally frightened the child and made him cry. Watson then would make loud noises behind the child every time the child would make any attempt to reach for the rat. After time the child would cry just at the sight of a rat and even at the sight of a man with a white beard!
Answer the following questions about John Watson's famous experiment.
1. What is the UCS (unconditioned stiumuls)?
2. What is the UCR (unconditioned response)?
3. What is the NS (neutral stimulus)?
4. What is the CS (conditioned stimulus)?
5. What is the CR (conditioned response)?
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