More on that little boy named Albert....

Notes Regarding Little Albert’s "Phobia"

When Albert was conditioned again to the rat, 10 days after the initial trials, Albert…

..fell over to the left side, got up on all fours and started to crawl away. On this occasion there was no crying but strange to say, as he started away he began to gurgle and coo, even while leaning far over to the left side to avoid the rat…

- in addition, on this same day he was again conditioned to fear the rabbit, albert’s response was reported as,

…fear reaction slight. Turned to the left and kept face away from the animal but the reaction was never pronounced.

31 days after being shown the rat, Watson reports that when in the same room as the rat "He allowed the rat to crawl towards him without withdrawing"

On the final day of testing when albert was exposed to the rabbit to which he had been conditioned to fear, he did not avoid the rabbit at all. Watson (1920) reports:

..after about a minute he [Albert] reached out tentatively and …touched the rabbit’s ear with his right hand…

Objects Albert was supposedly afraid of, but for which there is no evidence:
Cats
Fur muffs
White furry gloves
Albert’s aunt (who wore fur)
Albert’s mother’s fur coat
A teddy bear

Most overlooked facts:

The study is not an experiment (an experiment requires at least two levels of an independent variable). It is a pilot study at best.

The study had only one subject.

The study has never been replicated.

I thought this was interesting and found it at ....
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/02/19/episode-47-the-little-albert-study-what-you-know-ismostly-wrong/