What could John Watson have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

A) Show Albert a toy dog instead of a live rat.
B) Let Albert touch a Santa Claus beard repeatedly.
C) Show Albert a rat many times without a loud noise following so that extinction would occur.
D) Have Albert hear a loud noise many times without a rat present.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Fear

A learned response to a stimulus that was previously neutral but has been paired with an aversive event.

Loud Noise

Auditory stimuli that are of high decibel level, potentially causing hearing damage or stress.