In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, the conditioned stimulus was the
A)rabbit.
B)rat.
C)loud noise.
D)fear reaction.

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In the Little Albert experiment conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, the conditioned stimulus was a white rat. Initially, Albert showed no fear of the rat, but after the rat was repeatedly paired with a loud noise (the unconditioned stimulus that naturally elicited a fear response), Albert began to show fear of the rat by itself.

In the Little Albert Experiment on Conditioned Emotional Responses, the Conditioned