Psychology in the early 1900s was basically the Wild West, and nothing proves that more than the infamous “Little Albert” experiment. A nine-month-old baby was conditioned to be terrified of rats—and possibly every other furry creature—by a psychologist who apparently thought nightmares were a great research tool. But what ever happened to Little Albert? The answer is both tragic and stranger than fiction.
What happened to nine-month-old from one of the ‘most unethical psychological experiments ever’