WATSON & RAYNER (1928)
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WATSON & RAYNER'S STUDY
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Nancy Digdon & Russel Powell (2014) did their own research and came up with a different baby, born at the same place and time, whom they believe better fits the description of Baby Albert: William Albert Barger, called "Albert" by his family.
Albert Barger died in 2007, aged 87 - the researchers just missed the opportunity to find and interview him. However, his niece recalled Albert had a lifelong dislike of small dogs! |
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JOHN B. WATSON?
Watson, a married man, was having an affair with Rosalie Rayner, his graduate student and research partner. His colleagues were shocked and Watson was sacked and never worked again as a psychologist. He did use his knowledge of learned behaviour to get a new job – in advertising! He married Rosalie Rayner. It’s ironic that Watson, who tried to prove that emotion is a learned response, had his life turned upside down by an uncontrollable emotion: love.
EVALUATING WATSON & RAYNER AO3
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