The Little Albert Experiment (Short Documentary)

The Little Albert experiment took place at Johns Hopkins University in 1920 and was a controlled experiment showing empirical evidence of classical conditioning in humans.

The aim of John Watson and Rosalyn Rayner was to condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.

For this study they chose a nine-month old infant from a hospital referred to as "Albert" for the experiment. Watson followed the procedures which Pavlov had used in his experiments with dogs.

The fascinating horror of the Behaviouralism experiment shows the darkest depths scientific studies can go.