Comments on: Episode 47: The Little Albert Study: What You Know is…Mostly Wrong

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:30:15 +0000

Yes, Albert/Douglas’s life is kind of a sad story.

By: Rishad DeSouza

Rishad DeSouza — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:42:49 +0000

Heard the unfortunate baby was sickly and died at the age of 6 to hydrocephalus!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:34:29 +0000

Kye: yes indeed, we believe that “Albert”‘s real name has been identified. I covered this in episode 114: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/01/episode-114-video-finding-little-albert/

By: Kye Zimmerman

Kye Zimmerman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:52:56 +0000

Michael,
I believe that Roger is correct. According to http://www.apa.org, Little Albert, real name Douglas Merritte, died at age 6 from hydrocephalus. Thanks again for the interesting lectures.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:14:29 +0000

Did John Watson believe that fear could ONLY be displayed as an “Unconditioned Response” after an “Unconditioned Stimulus” of a loud noise?

Or in other words, all other fear reactions were learned?

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:20:16 +0000

Vee: I don’t know if I would use “terrified” to describe “Albert”‘s reaction, that’s sounds too strong. Perhaps “upset” or “scared” would be a better description of his emotional reaction.

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0000

this article is confusing me. all of the others say he was terrified but i found three that said he wasnt. how do you know which one is true?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:03:45 +0000

According to an American Psychologist report, “Little Albert” whose real name was Douglass Merrite, “died at the age of six on May 10, 1925 of hydrocephalus, a build-up of fluid in his brain”.

Source: Beck, H. P., Levinson, S., & Irons, G. (2009). Finding little Albert: A journey to John B. Watson’s infant laboratory. American Psychologist, Vol 64(7), 605-614.

By: Michelle Allen

Michelle Allen — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:46:18 +0000

Michael,

This is my first year of psychology as well and I have to tell you , after looking at a few of your episodes regarding personality and this one about baby Albert, I am really impressed. This had helped me A lot especially with your episode on Dr Buss and Evolutionary Psychology!
THANK YOU!!!!

By: Dr. Boa Janglies

Dr. Boa Janglies — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:46:36 +0000

Wow, this experiment blew my mind, who knew mapquest was available in 1919. And i love how you just stole their trunk and took their photo and then stalked him down. It was all very interesting. Thank you for your creepy experiment.