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Douglas Merritte, the son of a wetnurse who worked at Johns Hopkins University, was the baby in John Watson's 1920 emotional conditioning experiment. The team of psychologists used historical materials, facial recognition and family information to solve the mystery of Little Albert's fate.
11 lip 2024 · Learn about the classic experiment that conditioned a boy to fear rats and other white objects, and the ethical and methodological issues it raised. Find out what happened to the boy, who may have been named Douglas Merritte or William Barger, after the experiment.
1 paź 2014 · The baby who was conditioned to fear animals in a notorious psychology experiment was likely William Albert Barger, according to a new investigation. He died in 2007 with no knowledge of his involvement in the study, which sparked ethical debates.
A controversial study that conditioned a baby to fear furry objects using classical conditioning. The identity of the infant, known as Little Albert, is disputed and may have been Douglas Merritte or Albert Barger.
Learn about the famous study by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that conditioned a baby to fear a white rat. Find out who was Little Albert, how the experiment was conducted, and why it was unethical and controversial.
9 paź 2014 · Little Albert was a baby boy who participated in a famous psychological experiment in 1920. Two groups of scholars have recently claimed to have identified him as either Douglas Merritte or William Barger, with different fates and implications.
15 maj 2011 · A team of psychologists searched for the identity of Albert B., the baby boy who was conditioned to fear a rat by John Watson in 1920. They used historical documents, a census, and a movie to trace the clues and reveal the mystery of Little Albert.
