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Watson’s alleged Little Albert scandal: historical breakthrough or new Watson myth?

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dc.contributor.authorDigdon, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Russell A.
dc.contributor.authorSmithson, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:16:29Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:16:29Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractJohn B. Watson’s legacy is complicated by his reputation for scandal. Recently, Fridlund, Beck, and colleagues accused Watson of a new scandal concerning the 1920 Little Albert study. Hey argued that Little Albert was a neurologically impaired infant (named Douglas Merritte), and that Watson committed serious ethical breaches in relation to this study. Our paper shows that this alleged scandal is likely unfounded. We introduce a normal infant (Albert Barger) who matches the Little Albert proKle better than Douglas Merritte does. In our conclusion, we speculate about how the story of a neurologically impaired Albert illustrates some of the challenges involved in historical revision.
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dc.identifier.citationDigdon, N., Powell, R. A., & Smithson, C. (2014). John B. Watson`s alleged scandal: Historical breakthrough or new Watson myth. Revista de Historia de la Psicologia, 35, 47-60.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2059
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectJohn B. Watson
dc.subjectLittle Albert
dc.subjectbehaviorism
dc.titleWatson’s alleged Little Albert scandal: historical breakthrough or new Watson myth?en
dc.typeArticle
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