What Became of the Infant Involved in One of the Most Unethical Psychological Studies?

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00:00What became of the infant involved in one of the most unethical psychological studies?

00:05The Little Albert experiment, infamous in psychology, faced scrutiny like the Milgram

00:10and Stanford prison experiments.

00:13Experts found it fundamentally flawed and inadmissible today.

00:17This trial conditioned a nine-month-old, Albert, to fear rats and similar objects.

00:22Current psychologists question if Albert's fear persisted into adulthood, pondering

00:27his life post-experiment.

00:32Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov is famous for his studies in which he conditioned dogs.

00:37His conditioned reflexes work inspired John Watson's study on Little Albert, using animals

00:42and loud noises to induce fear.

00:45Through their research, Watson and his research assistant, Rosalie Rayner, theorized adult emotions

00:50arise from fear, rage, and love.

00:57Imbuing a baby with fear today undeniably defies ethical standards within modern psychology.

01:03Critics consistently call the single-subject study fundamentally flawed, essentially deeming

01:08it worthless and completely ineffective for broader conclusions.

01:15Watson didn't record Albert's real name, but curiosity remained about his fate post-experiment.

01:21Psychologists identified him as Douglas Merritt who died from hydrocephalus in his childhood,

01:27a condition where fluid builds up in the brain, as suggested by Fridlund's analysis.

01:35Amidst results already questioned, the experiment might have been on a neurologically impaired baby,

01:40as suggested by Fridlund.

01:41Despite flaws, it influenced fear research, altering understanding and treatment of mental disorders.

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