Little Albert was conditioned to fear white rats when the appearance of the white rat was always followed by a loud noise.When researchers presented a block of wood, however, Little Albert showed no fear response.Little Albert's lack of response to the block of wood illustrates the classical conditioning process referred to as:
A)stimulus generalization
B)aversive conditioning
C)conditioned inhibition
D)stimulus discrimination

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Little Albert's lack of fear response to the block of wood demonstrates stimulus discrimination, which occurs when an organism learns to differentiate between stimuli that are conditioned and those that are not. The white rat was a conditioned stimulus that was associated with the loud noise, while the block of wood was not.

Little Albert Was Conditioned to Fear White Rats When the Appearance