Finding Little Albert - The Brain: A Secret History - BBC

[@zuby985]

I was expecting an interview with an old man…instead we get a cold tombstone and a sad ending to little Albert's story. He stayed little forever. Thank you little Albert for all you did in your brief stint on earth.

[@koolzo3988]

Ya people are dying he died at age 6 due to a mental thing

[@hcbs1986]

I expected that too

[@angiepoppell]

So sad. I thought we would be seeing an old man as well. No telling what his life would have been like after being subjected to those experiments 😢

[@georgegatambia5136]

Made me sad 😢

[@the4kcameraman]

Bro he wud have been 100 years old

[@maithileedeshpande3406]

chill ran down the spine seeing how his life ended... indeed a cruelty. Thank you little Albert for your contribution. we owe you an apology.

[@successfulpsychology4393]

Poor Little Albert, I wish we could have known more about him rather than just look at the grave. I have to show the video clip in class where he’s being classically conditioned to be phobic of rats, and it breaks my heart every time. RIP little Albert

[@violetbowie4567]

0:56 are they trying the same experiment on us so we will be conditioned to fear watching videos on the internet? that laugh and sound effect is so startling!!!

[@marleyex2695]

😂😂😂😂 It's did surprise me a little.

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Yeah I got so scared

[@Caroline-yv5om]

No, they’re trying to make us fear people who are different. They want to make us suspicious of people, things and ideas that do not fit with a fictional reality. Its called divide and rule. Thats his come we have conspiracy theorists, so removed from reality.

[@ckpemac5268]

R.I.P Little Albert! Precious baby who didn't deserve to be experimented on

[@kevinhuynh4533]

When people comment here because the comments section is disabled in the other videos.

[@crab6084]

Kevin Huynh woh only 9 hours ago.

[@sarahl-r4656]

and they have no likes

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Exactly

[@ARCADEGHOST]

It's funny how they get to label who is mental, yet they never take a moment to reflect on themselves.

[@silverstorm1000]

You realise how long ago this experiment was done yeah? You realise psychology has changed a lot since then don't you?

[@ARCADEGHOST]

Psychology hasn't really changed that much. The terms, the theories, and some perspectives might have changed but it remains similar as a whole. I know this stuff because I took psychology class and we had a ton of guest speakers, so I learned a lot. That's why I made my comment.

[@hightidesmrforever2themoon449]

Tuff Boi 420, not really, it's just as damaging!

[@hightidesmrforever2themoon449]

ARCADEGHOST, excellent comment! I agree with you 100%

[@dbzcupcake]

@@ARCADEGHOST I took IB psychology and IB Anthropology in my opinion it's a pity we can't do as many social experiments as we could such as the Stanford prison experiment or the milgram experiment To have a better range of understanding about ourselves as species we need to have more experiments that bring out a person's true character into question What I find fascinating is the baby still face experiment and how it can be argued that it plays with Aristotles quote "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man"

[@jessiejames7492]

the experiment was so cruel. the handling of the animals in the experiment were cruelly treated and handled...are their results correct. ?

[@brianphillips5978]

Yes

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

The handling of the baby was even worse. they treated him like an object to be manipulated

[@altoclefsukulele4325]

the worst part is that it was an experiment regarding classical conditioning, something already preformed in a much more humane way by "Ivan Pavlov" on his dog, they barely learnt anything from this experiment and it could have been done so much more effectively in such a better way.

[@joshqim3110]

@@altoclefsukulele4325 They did learn that classical conditioning was applicable to humans. Still, it was cruel and they shouldn't have done it like this.

[@elnara1]

watson wanted to cure Albert’s phobia but the boy was unexpectedly taken out from the hospital. However the method to cure Alberts phobia was published and consisted of the following: Whenever Albert was very hungry and was presented with food Watson would show him a rat that was far away from him at the other side of the room. This method was supposed to be repeated for several days. Gradually Watson would move the rat closer to Albert when he was about to eat his delicious food. after many trials Albert would eat his food with the rat on the table next to him. This would prove how motivational operations and positive reinforcement could have cured poor little Albert...

[@funkycross6457]

Who said he had a phobia? That was never proven! Watson's experiment provided no useful data. Unless it is that you can NOT condition a phobia. Little Albert had to be "reconditioned" multiple times, and seemingly his thumb-sucking refuted Watson's hypothesis. Behaviorism is nonsense! Put down Skinner and pick up Vygotsky if you want to learn about human development.

[@kritikasinghh07]

This is little Peter experiment where Watson’s student Anne Jones did counter conditioning. Albert was never given the counter conditioning and Watson never tried to

[@TiPremier]

The older methods of psychological study are beyond sickening. We can't change what was done so i however am grateful for the data that came from it and how we learned that methods needed to change. Also, saying you have more merit to speak on the topic because you took a psych class is ridiculous. It takes years upon years to truly learn even a sliver of psych, therefore it can't be used as a basis of the argument.

[@jessiejames7492]

The Manchurian Candidate. the movie is based on real life experiments done by the american govt. how many of its citizens are the product of that even today? one can say , sirhan sirhan or the unabomber , Ted Kaczynski are both products of this. but we have no proof. Ted's brother said when he was very young he took part in a govt experiment because he was so brilliant. Unfortuantely that went awry . botced his mind . governements may still be messing our minds somehow or other.

[@gaspshichat]

Answer is at 4:36

[@jessiejames7492]

poor albert. he must have been very traumatised...imagine , only 9 months old . too bad at tht time they didnt have proper child protection laws

[@kbb550i]

brah theres no telling dat killed da baby shh

[@_JustaDude]

@@kbb550i we know that lmfao but he still had to go through all that.. The man even said he died from complications of encephalitis

[@joedoesthings8506]

The scientists were so caught up in whether they could, they didn’t stop and think if they should.

[@kiplaroy9664]

Some times i think we start out with a greater understanding of who we are than when we pass, not knowing who we really are anymore.

[@WhatTheIDontEven]

Oh no. It's a shame that such a horrible experiment was carried out in the first place, but I'm sure a great number of people would've liked to have seen the long-term effects. I'm in no way condoning what they did, but since it happened we could have learned a great deal about child development and the role of conditioning if we had met an adult Albert. I feel like knowledge has been lost since this kind of experiment will never (and rightly so) take place again. :(

[@terribletanner805]

Some things are just better off left alone. We've managed thousands of years without this knowledge, and it'll only be used for evil. Either way, is it really worth destroying a life?

[@jhonzalchichon8561]

without this knowledge we wouldn't have BDSM, so yes it was and it is worth it

[@dewolf123]

@@jhonzalchichon8561 BDSM is not a necessity in life so your point is BS and null

[@zillion914]

William Albert Banger was the true little Albert. He ended up having fear of animals for all his life as his family told. Tests with humans is something that needs to be carefully planned and ethical, otherwise don’t do it at all. I don’t want nazis conducting whatever experiment they want on ppl, life should be something respected and treasured.

[@Atufa_Raqshee]

It clearly shows on the video,that he lived only for 6 years!

[@DaReelSlimN80]

Well isn't this just depressing

[@Aivottaja]

If this depresses you, I can't recommend digging into the history of unethical science further.

[@HappyGM-R]

@@Aivottaja science was basically always unethical in the past.

[@Aivottaja]

@@HappyGM-R Science is not ethical or unethical. Laws about science are. There will always exist scientists who are unethical. That's true even today. It is, for example, unethical to advocate circumcision of minors without a proven medical necessity. Yet you can find thousands of doctors willing to do it.

[@WidgetWagyu47292]

@@Aivottaja We live in a society

[@airsolaja]

Little Albert's mother is reported to have left the hospital before Watson could remove Albert's fears and, until quite recently, little was known about his whereabouts. Beck, Levinson and Irons (2009) spent seven years tracking Little Albert and concluded that Little Albert was a pseudonym used to protect the anonymity of a boy named Douglas Merritte who died at the age of 6 from hydrocephalus.( Gray and MacBlain (2012, p.31)

[@manifestgtr]

It actually appears as though he wasn’t Douglas Merritte. It’s more likely that his name was William and he lived into his 80s, albeit with a slight fear of dogs. Either way, the experiments were disturbing.

[@saoirsestark3903]

@@manifestgtr what's your source? I would love to read it. I've never heard about little albert being William...

[@whiteshadow59]

@@manifestgtr prove it

[@manifestgtr]

www.macewan.ca/wcm/MacEwanNews/WHAT_HAPPENED_TO_LITTLE_ALBERT This is one of the articles...there are a few others here and there in various psychology journals, etc.

[@mysterymiku05]

This experiment lacked debriefing or lessening the trauma of Little Albert. He could have been a normal person if he was desensitized from everything bad he experienced in the experiment. But of course, no one really thought of that then... Thankfully, our psychological methods have become more humane.

[@marleyex2695]

More humane out in the open but who knows what they do behind closed doors.

[@SPARKLEVIDZ]

So sad, I'm still glad they found this out..

[@MrOceanPenguin]

His laugh scared me! Thanks a lot, Doc! >:(

[@DrEnword]

4:50 - 4:55 : Worst Camera man

[@psychology8496]

Oo my God... Little Albert..... it's so much pain full 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@aztectheeditor980]

This is so weirdly made.

[@AnxietyMentor]

I have explored this case for years. It has not been 100% confirmed that Little Albert was Douglas Merritte. This is still debated and some believe it could have been a man named Wiliam Barger who died at the age of 87. Nobody seems to know for sure.

[@MariaElenaG2614]

That's so sad for both cases

[@Atufa_Raqshee]

Then why does it displays on the video, as he lived only for "6 years" 1919-1925

[@AnxietyMentor]

@@Atufa_Raqshee It's one theory but like I said, it has never been conclusively confirmed. I could put some dates in a video but it does not make it a fact.

[@HeatherElle]

0:55 MUAHAHAHAAA

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Why are they laughing this really isn't funny 💀

[@jebby16]

WTF...that laugh was creepier than what Albert experienced. 😳 0:56

[@renegade3135]

Well. I knew this story couldn't have a happy end, but I didn't expect such.. :c

[@element5588]

at 0:48 the grudge walks in the background

[@Avi-cj3xq]

😂😂

[@viralviruz8694]

Albert's 9 month existence was way more worth than my 19years if life

[@EmpressAfiaX]

Hey, ur worthy too!

[@ryorickey]

hope you're doing well today

[@muhammadiqbal2442]

God bless you little Albert 😭

[@martialmusic]

Damn. Never thought I would see that. Rest In Peace Little Albert. /s/ Robert Morecook PhD, psychologist

[@AndreBurkeJoint313]

I think i played that bit about 100 times and each time i hear it i LMAO 0:57

[@BarbaraGallagher-c4i]

A chilling video. Poor baby.

[@snakeeyes6217]

If you read the Harris 2020 article "Journals, Referees, and Gatekeepers in the Dispute Over Little Albert, 2009-2014" it gives a lot of evidence into how pretty much everything in this documentary is wrong.

[@M313-u8d]

What was his name

[@fernanda-zc1dv]

do you have access to that article that you may share please

[@damarcusmomm05]

my bday OMG!!! 3-9-1919

[@enzomedici2749]

Man 20th century experiments had no chill bruh

[@ivanbarbosa81]

i was expecting more...

[@sugararteries454]

Why do the other videos on this have the comments disabled?

[@marleyex2695]

Because the experiments on this baby were horrible and the channel holders know they're going to get ripped apart in the comments.

[@qiuyiyu1727]

Why do I have a weird memory about the experiment? I feel like someone did the same thing to me when I was a baby. Mostly this would be considered as a fake memory, but I strongly feel it really happened. I can dimly recall some fragments.

[@dolan149]

Wait what

[@sick5367]

que

[@Aethelhadas]

Have you thought about it more until now? Did you ask anyone? Like your parents

[@Yourstruliey]

Probably cause somebody did it

[@jshir17]

Poor Albert

[@richieblackhearted]

This is barely passable as Pavlovian Conditioning. An infant human brain is in the stages of environmental development. After several stages of primary stimuli, the addition of a secondary one that ddeters the subject from action would take president if instigated over a period. For example, If everytime the subject stroked a dog a loud bang was heard, the subject would refrain from stroking dogs to stop the bang.... TBC

[@cpc4eva]

can anyone advise where i can get this wonderful series ??? thanks so much :)

[@crab6084]

cpc4eva woh this was commented 5 years ago

[@beastop1302]

@@crab6084 woh this was commented 2 years ago

[@dolan149]

@@beastop1302 woh this was commented 1 year ago

[@alanomer5964]

@@dolan149 woh this was commented 1 year ago

[@Atufa_Raqshee]

@@alanomer5964 Check it out again, it was from 10Years ago!

[@owlishfilms]

I wonder why nobody talks about what a horrid character John b Watson is, yes he did defining work in psychology, other psychologists of his time were not far off. But his views on parenting, his arrogant statement, his brazen affair and treatment of people around him, also all 3 of his children apparently attempted suicide, and his stance on parenting affected even his granddaughter, and in this video, the effect of his experiment (with his mistress no less) on Little Albert. And then he went on to invent the evil mess for money we know as modern advertising using fear to make people buy things they don't need.

[@cherilynnfisher5658]

D.I. here! And psyops is born! God help us all!

[@19melina92]

oh no, poor kid=(

[@millkee2180]

Is anyone familiar with the "ugly doll", "pretty doll" experiment? LORD have mercy on this world! 😢🙏🏾

[@Joshgeorge1993]

It's all about the games!

[@richieblackhearted]

This is a major (if not integral) part of human evolution. The simian ancestors of man would not have decended from the tree tops if there was not an active part of the brain saying "maybe there isnt something there to eat you today" The risk factor remains intact unless the reward becomes obvious. The higher the reward, the less the risk. If its the risk of mulitple loud scary noises for the reward of touching a small fluffy thing, screw the small fluffy thing! I want to be safe.

[@eslo2908]

this experiment was just evil. the poor baby was alone no parents no friends, no family and then doctors were just abusing him and thats all he knew. well no fuck he killed himself. fuck that doctor let me experiment on him. this was common sense experiment. pisses me off. guy should have spent life in jail for this.

[@nikolajknudsen6609]

Didn't even live to see Mickey Mouse.

[@ameerulaqmalmalek9470]

Nikolaj Knudsen Mickey mouse didn't exist that time.

[@dontyellatme369]

@@ameerulaqmalmalek9470 That's kind of the punchline...

[@eujeeves]

Huh? So this is Albert Einstein's son?

[@goldengear6138]

ALIEN SCIENTIST no....

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Why are they laughing this really isn't funny 💀

[@direstraights]

Little Albert wasn't afraid of the objects he was afraid of Loud Noise How about PTSD... That's what they discovered but, didn't realize it!!!

[@4domingodanielgwen956]

2020 anyone?

[@maman0s162]

I feel horrible

[@Kento_nanami_the_2nd]

fucked up. from beginning to end.

[@SimplyLimbo]

excooliber the 1st When he lived he only hated dogs, and during christmass he took some valiums, and some weed for stress relief... (and no rats afcourse)

[@Kento_nanami_the_2nd]

suspicious...but i'll bite... Why? Why do this...? Why make light of something so fucked up..?

[@ThePwnedProduction]

Because if you don't make light of the the fucked up things in life you will end up miserable. You think lil alb would want people being depressed by this shit 90 years after the fact? This experiment already fucked one person up don't let it fuck you up too.

[@alittlebitofplaytime8689]

Being abuse then dead... parents are to blame

[@くろもじ-n8y]

大学の心理学の教授がその後の話を話してくれたことがあるが、親がアルバート坊やと一緒に逃げ出して、普通に暮らしていたらしい。 後年になってアルバート坊やを探そうというプロジェクトが行われ、一応見つかりはしたが、その数年前に亡くなっていたそうだ。 親族の証言ではネズミをすごく嫌っていたらしい。

[@sarahl-r4656]

im olny watching this so i dont have to do any school work

[@briyarose5815]

Wikipedia says he died at 87???

[@TeslaAdvocate]

That's not him.

[@jittlelatoogenshmirtygoofenfym]

That’s already the wrong step, Wikipedia

[@msgreybird]

Now we know about how childhood trauma can lead to many severe health issues. That kid was exposed to traumatic situations since his very early days in life, before even starting to properly speak and walk, so his internal suffering must have been immense. Psychology really needs to be more unified with their approaches...

[@tensh1543]

102 years ago....

[@maydur3164]

Poor baby

[@sinyuv]

If we've been able to conduct experiments to get some strong information which is beneficial to the larger world population, ethical standards may be tweaked.

[@antonyfarid3818]

Ethics are not to be tweaked under any circumstances for a reason. If someone violates ethics for an experiment and does not obtain results then they did not get “strong information” and also endangered others, this makes the premise of your argument wrong. Secondly, ethics are logical and humane standards and violating them is in turn inhumane and unjustifiable since you choose to harm someone for what YOU consider to be the greater good, and ultimately it is not your decision.

[@antonyfarid3818]

The means do not justify the ends. An example of people that violated ethics and got strong results were nazis during the holocaust as they did experiments on humans. I believe that humanity would have been better without their contributions

[@bobbyenglish7956]

Why the fuck couldn't you clean the child's gravestone?

[@mhand00]

@cobyz12345 Try Google "Little Albert experiment wiki"

[@eyes2c..519]

What’s more insane is what we allow them being the governments to do to us in the name of science and the ppl whose labeling mental issues how absolutely insane off their rockers they all are or were should I say

[@albertdavis9955]

Wat if lil Albert was mix

[@TebibicheSalma]

Who trusts BBC?

[@marleyex2695]

Poor baby boy. Used like a lab rat then died at six........what a wonderful life.😒 Actually this story pissed me tf off. How do you do that to a baby??? Disgusting......I hope everyone involved are being viciously experimented on forever in hell! God and Karma don't like those who harm children.

[@williammoll5594]

you clearly haven't seen the actual experiment they did no harm the baby

[@wheniwasokinawa7610]

@@williammoll5594 they did... if not physically but they did a lot of emotional abuse...didn't even treat the trauma they caused him

[@Sgt_Bill_T_Co]

Shame they add bloody music, - why not some song and dance routines, add a few clown etc.

[@wizard415]

Omg athene!!!

[@miqseri]

Puuhöylä

[@thirstyboots6711]

NOT the correct Albert.

[@rabia4496]

🤧🤧

[@naturalcreativity3388]

That’s fucked up

[@Rookaas]

hi ATHENE!