Through the presence of the pleasant stimulus (food) whenever the rabbit was shown, the fear was eliminated gradually in favor of a positive response.
More Quotes from Mary C. Jones:
In one of our last sessions, Peter showed no fear although another child was present who showed marked disturbance at sight of the rabbit.Mary C. Jones
He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit.
Mary C. Jones
New situations requiring closer contact with the rabbit had been gradually introduced and the degree to which these situations were avoided, tolerated, or welcomed, at each experimental session, gave the measure of improvement.
Mary C. Jones
From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance.
Mary C. Jones
Peter was 2 years and 10 months old when we began to study him. He was afraid of a white rat, and this fear extended to a rabbit, a fur coat, a feather, cotton wool, etc., but not to wooden blocks and similar toys.
Mary C. Jones
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