Finding little Albert: A journey to John B. Watson’s infant laboratory.
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Finding Little Albert: a journey to John B. Watson's infant laboratory.
In 1920, John Watson and Rosalie Rayner claimed to have conditioned a baby boy, Albert, to fear a laboratory rat. In subsequent tests, they reported that the child's fear generalized to other furry objects. After the last testing session, Albert disappeared, creating one of the greatest mysteries in the history of psychology. This article summarizes the authors' efforts to determine Albert's id...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Psychologist
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1935-990X,0003-066X
DOI: 10.1037/a0017234