The Little Albert Experiment is one of the most famous cases in psychology. Like the Milgram experiment and the Stanford prison experiment, it received waves of scrutiny and criticism. Additionally, some experts believe it was flawed from the start, making it inadmissible as a modern resource. The trial followed a nine-month-old named Albert, who was conditioned to fear rats and similar objects. Psychologists today want to know what happened after he grew up. Did his fear of rats continue into adulthood? Credit: John B. Watson via Wikimedia Commons Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov is famous for his studies in which he conditioned dogs....
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