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Finding Little Albert: On The Trail Of Psychology’s Lost Boy. Hall P. Beck, PhD Appalachian State University April 8, 2011. What We Learned: Watson’s Writings. What We Learned: Additional Discoveries. The Hard Part: Finding An Individual Who Matched These Attributes. No employee records
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Finding Little Albert: On The Trail Of Psychology’s Lost Boy Hall P. Beck, PhD Appalachian State University April 8, 2011
The Hard Part: Finding An Individual Who Matched These Attributes • No employee records • No patient records. • Watson burned his papers shortly before his death.
The Hard Part: Finding An Individual Who Matched These Attributes • No employee records • No patient records. • Watson burned his papers shortly before his death. • Census
Three Foster Mothers, A Sleuth And A Grandson Pearl Barger Ethel Carter Arvilla Merritte Kristen Gary
Why Call The Baby Albert B. ?Brewer’s John Albert Broadus Hypothesis Big Albert?
Albert Figure 1. Albert at 8 months and 26 days of age. Possibilities of a confirmatory and disconfirmatory analyses.
Douglas-Albert Figure 2. Close-up of Douglas on the left, his age is unknown. Close-up of Albert on the right, he is 8 months and 26 days of age.
For Additional Information About Albert-Douglas Beck, H. P., Levinson, S. & Irons, G. (2009). Finding Little Albert: A journey to John B. Watson’s infant laboratory, 64, 605-614. http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/01/episode-114-video-finding-little-albert/