Abiturtext 1982:
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Expected answers
Question 3
1st stage:
attractive objects are offered (roses, picture books, gay colours)
natural response by babies: positive,
2nd stage:
natural reaction by kids: they touch them…(manual/tactile phase of children.. they touch everything)
conditioning device 1: terrible noise: explosion, shrill sirens, alarm bells
children’s response: screamed; terror in their faces
3rd stage:
conditioning device 2: mild electric shocks
children’s response: intensified terror; desperate, bodies stiffened/twitched
4th stage
books and roses are presented again:
children’s reaction: aversion…(they remember the electric shock.. learning phase.)