On 15 Oct 2002, Rick Stevens wrote:

> And, since Watson and Rayner, "...were prepared to present the
> fear-inducing white rat and stimulate Albert's genitals at the same
> time so as to attach pleasurable feelings to the rat.", (Barker, 2001)
> the Little Albert study was almost the little peter study, as
> suggested in the first post of this series.
> 
> Barker, L. M. (2001). Learning and Behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
> Prentice Hall.


Rick:

Are you sure you're not making this up? They were going to 
_masturbate_ Little Albert?????!!! Where in the world did Barker get 
that from? I've gotta see the original before I believe this one. 
There've been some strange allegations concerning Watson (such as 
that he and Rosalie engaged in sex experiments with each other while 
she was still his student) but I've never heard this one before. 

-Stephen
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