Philip seeks to replicate Watson and Rayner’s research on Little Albert to determine whether Albert’s observed fear responses were truly stimulated by the white rat or by the removal of his thumb from his mouth. What is the most likely response of his institutional review board?
a. The study is unethical under today’s research standards.
b. Behaviorism is no longer relevant to psychological research.
c. A larger sample size must be used to verify the conclusions.
d. The study can be considered sound if no live animals were involved.
A
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A researcher considers herself to be a behavior analyst. She does research on the psychology of learning, using both human and animal participants. It is most likely that this researcher believes that
a. there are few consistent regularities underlying the behavior of animals. b. the laws of learning are universal, occurring in all types of animal species, including humans. c. humans are different from other animal species and are governed by a unique set of learning laws. d. there is a small overlap in the laws of learning that applies to both humans and nonhuman animals.