Finding Little Albert - The Brain: A Secret History - BBC Four

[Float9]

It turns out that Beck might not have found Albert after all. See:

Research notes: Little Albert, lost or found: Further difficulties with the Douglas Merritte hypothesis.

in History of Psychology, Vol 14, 2011

This article references criticisms by others as well. There were some errors and weaknesses in Beck's investigation. It's still possible that Douglas was Albert. But it's also possible that the real Albert is still out there waiting to be discovered.

[cpc4eva]

can anyone advise where i can get this wonderful series ??? thanks so much :)

[wizard415]

Omg athene!!!

[Joshgeorge1993]

It's all about the games!

[Rookaas]

hi ATHENE!

[MrOceanPenguin]

His laugh scared me! Thanks a lot, Doc! >:(

[Joint313]

I think i played that bit about 100 times and each time i hear it i LMAO 0:57

[thatheather]

0:55  MUAHAHAHAAA

[WhatTheIDontEven]

Oh no.

It's a shame that such a horrible experiment was carried out in the first place, but I'm sure a great number of people would've liked to have seen the long-term effects. I'm in no way condoning what they did, but since it happened we could have learned a great deal about child development and the role of conditioning if we had met an adult Albert.

I feel like knowledge has been lost since this kind of experiment will never (and rightly so) take place again.

:(

[jeanfou1]

0:57 : sudden, creepy and evil laugh.

[rabbitspliff]

@jeanfou1 lol yeah he does it at 3:09 too, and for some reason they decide to layer bongo or djembe drums or whatever over it each time he does. funny laugh considering the nature of the discussion lmao.

[jeanfou1]

@rabbitspliff Totally! *Evil laugh* : cue drums! LMAO!!!

[eujeeves]

Huh? So this is Albert Einstein's son?

[slashimagine]

Well that answers the one question that was nagging me all semester. I wish they found someone who knew if the experiment had a lasting effect on him through his life.

[Hello48982]

@slashimagine Do you know who thorma is?

[richieblackhearted]

This is a major (if not integral) part of human evolution. The simian ancestors of man would not have decended from the tree tops if there was not an active part of the brain saying "maybe there isnt something there to eat you today"

The risk factor remains intact unless the reward becomes obvious. The higher the reward, the less the risk. If its the risk of mulitple loud scary noises for the reward of touching a small fluffy thing, screw the small fluffy thing! I want to be safe.

[richieblackhearted]

This is barely passable as Pavlovian Conditioning. An infant human brain is in the stages of environmental development. After several stages of primary stimuli, the addition of a secondary one that ddeters the subject from action would take president if instigated over a period.

For example, If everytime the subject stroked a dog a loud bang was heard, the subject would refrain from stroking dogs to stop the bang....

TBC

[wotucudavwon]

More cheap telly. YAWN!

[19melina92]

oh no,

poor kid=(

[cobyz12345]

what were the experiments done on little Albert?

[mhand00]

@cobyz12345

Try Google "Little Albert experiment wiki"