Welcome to Psychology for Everyone.
For this first post, I have chosen one of the most influential and controversial experiments in the history of psychology. Today's discussion will be on Watson and Rayner's "Conditioned Emotional Reactions", better known as 'the case of little Albert'.
If you have had any exposure to psychology, chances are you have heard of Watson's rather infamous experiments with "little Albert". However, it is equally likely you have never actually read Watson's article...and his work is frequently misquoted or misrepresented. So both for those who are not familiar with this experiment and for those who have limited familiarity with it, let's take a closer look at what really happened in this experiment which was so important in bringing behaviorism to the forefront of psychological research.
