After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear to a rat, Watson and Rayner wanted to see how he would react to a white rabbit, cotton wool, and a Santa Claus mask. They were studying whether or not ________ had occurred.
A) behaviour modification
B) stimulus generalization
C) stimulus discrimination
D) extinction

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Stimulus generalization refers to the transfer of a learned response to similar but different stimuli. In this case, Watson and Rayner wanted to see if the fear response Little Albert had learned through conditioning with the rat would also generalize to other stimuli like the white rabbit, cotton wool, and Santa Claus mask. Therefore, choice B is the best answer.

After Little Albert Acquired a Conditioned Fear to a Rat