TIL of the 1920s “Little Albert” experiment. Johns Hopkins University selected a nine-month-old infant from a hospital and attempted to “condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.” Researchers successfully conditioned him to fear Santa Claus, rabbits, rats, and other furry animals.

TIL of the 1920s “Little Albert” experiment. Johns Hopkins University selected a nine-month-old infant from a hospital and attempted to “condition a phobia in an emotionally stable child.” Researchers successfully conditioned him to fear Santa Claus, rabbits, rats, and other furry animals.