Major+Objection

= __** Watson vs Little Albert **__ =


 * New evidence was found that Watson said that Little Albert was a normal healthy baby when Watson conducted the experiment; that was falsely stated.
 * Little Albert who was later identified as Douglas Merritte died from hydrocephalus (“water in the brain”). Hydrocephalus is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain’s cavities (Tartakovsky, 2012).
 * Further investigation of Watson’s recorded video of Douglas and the experiment showed that Douglas seemed to have behavioral and neurological deficits. There was an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that had further information about how Watson’s experiment was erroneous. As Bartlett points out: “If the baby indeed had a severe cognitive deficit, then his reactions to the white rat or the dog or the monkey may not have been typical — certainly reaching universal conclusions about human nature based on his reactions wouldn’t make sense.” (Bartlett, 2012).

