Question

In john watson's demonstration of classical conditioning with little albert, the unconditioned stimulus was _____.

a. a rat
b. a bath towel
c. symptoms of fear
d. a loud noise

Answer 1

loud noise
watson believed that pairing biological potent stimulus with a neutral previous stimulus could help in learning. It explains why dogs who have been trained to run for food on hearing a whistle responds for example. He referred to this learning process as classical conditioning.