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    John Watson conducted an experiment in 1920 on a 9-month old baby named Little Albert to see if he could condition the baby to fear certain objects. Watson showed Albert fuzzy animals like a white rat that he originally enjoyed, but then paired the animals with a loud noise from a hammer on metal. After conditioning, Little Albert developed a fear of the animals. The experiment showed that emotional conditioning was possible, but it was deemed unethical since it intentionally induced fear in the child participant.

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    John Watson conducted an experiment in 1920 on a 9-month old baby named Little Albert to see if he could condition the baby to fear certain objects. Watson showed Albert fuzzy animals like a white rat that he originally enjoyed, but then paired the animals with a loud noise from a hammer on metal. After conditioning, Little Albert developed a fear of the animals. The experiment showed that emotional conditioning was possible, but it was deemed unethical since it intentionally induced fear in the child participant.

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    The Little Albert

    Experiment

    Harman and Shivek

    In 1920, John Watson did a emotional conditioning


    experiment at John Hopkins University.

    He did a experiment on a 9 month baby.

    The experiment was to see if a kid would react differently if


    he was conditioned not to play with something.

    The kids mom received $1 for the participation of the baby.

    He was given various fuzzy animals. One animal they used


    was a white rat. In the beginning Albert loved the animals
    he played with especially the white rat. But after they
    started to condition him, with a hammer hitting metal. He
    suddenly began to react and have a fear of the animals.

    Albert died at the age of 6 by a unrelated illness up to


    the age of 6 he was always afraid of the animals he had
    been conditioned to fear. This experiment is very
    unethical due to the reasoning of Albert not actually
    being afraid of the animals before the conditioning.

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