John Watson - Pequeno Albert
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John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment
Designed to demonstrate Watson's theory of pure behaviourism - i.e. human behaviour is entirely formed through classical conditioning, and as infants humans are nothing more than blank disks.
Few subscribe to Watson's unbalanced view today, and subscribe to hybridized psychological theory, as different behaviours are a result of different processes. For example, no one has to teach a child what behaviour they should manifest when they are hungry, as it seems biologically they are pre-programmed to cry. Yet fears, or lack thereof, are generally subjective and often do depend on past experiences.
The later development of "Little Albert" is unknown, and Watson's experiment is considered grossly unethical by today's standards.
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Channel: Education Uploaded: October 5, 2006 at 8:36 am Author:pauloslomp
foxxxdiee(Thursday 11th of December 2008 11:23:03 AM)
what was even worse, is like after a traumatizing experience with patients, you're supposed to check up on them after 6 months to know they're ok, but watson never did that to albert. So who know how he turned out after.
mrpaiva04(Thursday 11th of December 2008 09:46:33 AM)
Watson may have been lacking any form of ethics whatsoever, and it isnt hard to feel sorry for the poor kid, but hey, you have to admit, he proved his point.
well back in watson's day there was no such thing as ethics so he could pretty much do whatever he wanted. but indeed you are right poor baby albert.
nutmeg7194(Thursday 20th of November 2008 12:26:07 PM)
The study is not an experiment (an experiment requires at least two levels of an independent variable). It is a pilot study at best. Also, it is very unlikely that Little Albert's fera of furry things was sustained through life, as only 31 days after being conditioned to fear the rat, he allowed it to crawl towards him without withdrawing, though there is no doubt it was unethical.
sadahtay(Wednesday 12th of November 2008 08:18:29 PM)
the man at 2:46 has a nasty sunburn
XoMerryoX(Monday 10th of November 2008 06:48:09 PM)
aww, can you imagine being afraid of bunnies? That is so sad. :'-(
