Thursday, October 25, 2018

Now This Is Really Sad...!

I have to wonder what kind of sick mind is willing to perform experiments on children...any children. In my opinion, this action should never be allowed, at all!

Little Albert



Photo credit: Timeline

In the late 1910s, behavioral scientist John B. Watson was studying whether emotional reactions could be conditioned in humans, after the manner of Pavlov’s dogs. One of his subjects was a baby named Albert, aged nine months. Albert was exposed to a series of stimuli, including a white rat, a rabbit, a monkey, masks, and burning newspapers. Initially, Albert showed no fear of any of these objects.

Then, as Albert was exposed to the rat, Watson made a loud noise by hitting a metal pipe with a hammer, whereupon Albert cried. After being repeatedly presented the white rat followed by the loud noise, Albert began to cry as soon as he saw the rat.

Watson must have conducted the experiment many times because he collected enough data to discover that not only did the kid cry at white rats, but he also began to cry at anything that might possibly look like a rat, including a variety of white objects and an equally large assortment of furry objects (including, at one point, a Santa Claus beard).[4] Even those objects which he had previously played with began to frighten him if they bore any resemblance to a rat (or if they were handed to him by a man wielding a hammer).

Watson didn’t bother to decondition Little Albert at the end of the experiment, and it is unknown whether his fear of vermin, loud noises, or psychologists remained with him. Sadly, Albert died at the age of six. It is unknown whether his mother, who was paid a grand total of $1 for his participation, ever realized what it was they were doing when they came to play with her son.

I don't care what kind of information you are after, using children as guinea pigs shoud never be allowed!

Coffee inside this morning. It's wet outside.

12 comments:

  1. Oh my.I agree completely! The poor little guy. I wonder what caused his death? Coffee inside is fine. It's still dry here, yet, but they say rain will move in this evening.

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  2. That's just wrong! Perhaps a good thing the child passed away. He probably would have never been normal growing up.

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  3. I completely agree with you . No child should ever be exploited for science experiments for any reason. Albert was probably lucky to have died so young as who knows how badly or how long these experiments would have affected him as he grew older. Coffee inside is fine with me - cold here this AM

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  4. Some people it seems are not made the same way I am... I could not even conceive of doing that to someone let alone a baby.

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  5. Hey Mamahen...
    I was wondering about the cause of death myself. Guess we will never know.
    Thanks for stopping by this morning!


    Hey Momlady...
    I suspect you are right about that.
    Thanks for coming by today!


    Hey Linda...
    I just wonder what the parents were thinking all this time.
    Thanks for the visit this morning!


    Hey Rob...
    I feel the same way, my friend.
    Thanks for stopping by today!

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  6. Someone should have done a few experiments on Watson to find out what made him such a cruel nut job. The child probably died of heart failure. Poor baby

    Coffee in the kitchen is fine with me

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  7. Hey Jo...
    I'm afraid they wouldn't find any portion of him that wasn't cruel.
    Thanks, dear, for dropping by today!

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  8. Hey Gorges...
    That it is, sir...that it is!
    Thanks for stopping by today!

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  9. I wouldn't be surprised if big pharma is doing secret medical experiments on people now, and the "guinea pigs" don't know it is happening.

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  10. You can't justify that sort of thing. . . unless you are a Nazi.

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  11. Hey Dizzy...
    I have no doubt that you are right about that!
    Thanks for coming by today!


    Hey Sixbears...
    Takes an evi mind to even conceive an experiment like that, especially on children.
    Thanks for the visit!

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