On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2002 at 13:23, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > > I'm afraid you've confused two different studies. "Little Albert" (actually, > > it was "Albert B.") was the topic of Watson and Rayner's 1920 study on fear > > conditioning. "Little Peter" was a study on de-conditioning fear published in > > 1924 by Mary Cover Jones. > > > > And to complete the trio (all together again for the first time!), "Little Hans" was >the kid who dreamed someone took away his widdler > with a pair of pliers. He also wasn't too crazy about horses falling down in the >street. > Not to be confused with "Clever Hans," the horse who could "do math." Clever Hans couldn't actually count, of course, but was astonishingly good at picking up subtle cues from his trainer, or even strangers, about when they wanted him to stop stomping. What he thought about little boys, furry objects, or psychologists was not recorded for posterity. ********************** Robin Pearce Abrahams Boston University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
