In 1920 John .B. Watson paired up with his graduate student Rosalie Rayner who he later married to carry out an experiment to prove that emotional responses could be conditioned or learned. He believed that environmental factors influence behaviour despite the biological make up of human beings. Watson and Rayner used an 11 month old baby Albert in the now famously known “Little Albert” study. Albert was a healthy and stable baby at the time of the experiment. When Albert was 9 months old‚ he
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demonstrated avoidance on presentation of the rat—the conditioned stimulus—in the absence of the loud noise”. (Watson J.B.‚ 1920) Albert had started to associate the white rat (original neutral stimulus‚ which is not the conditioned stimulus) with the loud noise (unconditioned stimulus) and was producing fearful or emotional response of crying. The experiments progress report results was that introduction of the loud sound (US) resulted in fear‚ a natural response. Introduction of a rat (neutral stimulus) paired
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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response ‘Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response’ is an article printed in the magazine ‘Philosophy Now’ and is written by Jesse Prinz who is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. This is an argumentative article where the writer‚ Jesse Prinz‚ has argued in favor of moral relativism and supported the theory that moral judgments are based on emotions hence they vary from person to person. The writer has written was
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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response Jesse Prinz argues that the source of our moral inclinations is merely cultural. Suppose you have a moral disagreement with someone‚ for example‚ a disagreement about whether it is okay to live in a society where the amount of money you are born with is the primary determinant of how wealthy you will end up. In pursuing this debate‚ you assume that you are correct about the issue and that your conversation partner is mistaken. You conversation
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All humans are conditioned creatures. We are conditioned to do many different things in life‚ some in very specific ways. One example‚ an obvious one‚ is behavioral conditioning. In an organized society‚ we are conditioned by outside factors (e.g. parents‚ government‚ friends) to act in a certain way. There is a limit to what we can do‚ where we can do it‚ and how we can do it. For instance‚ most of us are conditioned to pay taxes‚ obey laws‚ and lead as healthy and productive lives as possible.
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Brett Candler Reflection 1 1/28/2013 Reflection #1: Emotional Response The moment that has stuck with me the most over the last week‚ with an emotional response would have to be the news that I had read a couple of days ago about my favorite basketball team‚ the Boston Celtics‚ losing their star point guard‚ Rajon Rondo. Rondo was declared this week to be done for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Like many Celtics fans‚ my initial though was “there goes our season‚” putting my face
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MOTIVATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE THEORIES Define the major motivational and emotional response theories that influence behavior. "Emotion is a feeling state involving physiological arousal‚ a cognitive appraisal of situation arousing the state‚ and an outward expression of the state. The James-Lange Theory "James claimed that first an event causes physiological arousal and a physical response. Only then does the individual perceive or interpret the physical response as an emotion. In
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speech elicits an emotional response like the “I have a Dream Speech”. The point is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. does not try to appeal to people’s logical side. Minorities wanted the conflict to end. King is willing to take the fight to his grave. He protests even though he knows he will go to jail. He brought nonviolent conflict resolution to the United States of America‚ he fought for what was right. He talks about history in terms that everyone will have an emotional response‚ especially those
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A news report found out that many High Schools use old football helmets for their football teams - some as old as 10 years. Each helmet has a 10 year old warranty and should get reconditioned & recertified every year. It doesn’t mean that a 10 year old helmet isn’t up to code. It just means you can’t use it because you can’t get it recertified. Helmets that were recertified have lables inside them showing the last recertification date.http://www.kshb.com/news/football-helmets-up-to-10-years-old-still-in-use
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A control group is a necessity in order to prove the effect of the test variable by comparing conditioned and unconditioned groups. A conditioned group is a group who receives the independent variable. An unconditioned group does not receive the independent variable. In this experiment we are testing the effects of cell phone usage on driving skills. In this case‚ the control group gives us an example of what happens when drivers are focusing on the road. The results from the control group will show
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