Home›Open Questions›Which child was actually filmed as "Little Albert" in Watson and Rayner's 1920 conditioning experiment?Open QuestionsWhich child was actually filmed as "Little Albert" in Watson and Rayner's 1920 conditioning experiment?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPsychology Atlas. "Which child was actually filmed as "Little Albert" in Watson and Rayner's 1920 conditioning experiment?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-was-little-albert.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPsychology Atlas. (n.d.). Which child was actually filmed as "Little Albert" in Watson and Rayner's 1920 conditioning experiment?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-was-little-albertCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{psychologyatlas-which-child-was-actually-filmed-as-littl, author = {Psychology Atlas}, title = {Which child was actually filmed as "Little Albert" in Watson and Rayner's 1920 conditioning experiment?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-psychology.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-was-little-albert}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionTwo independent historical investigations identify two different children from incompatible hospital records -- Douglas Merritte (Beck, Levinson and Irons, 2009) and Albert Barger (Powell, Digdon, Harris and Smithson, 2014) -- and neither identification has been conclusively confirmed against the surviving film and case notes.What would resolve this Additional archival or genetic evidence definitively linking the surviving film footage to one specific infant's hospital record.OpenHistory of PsychologyWikipedia: Little Albert experimentCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Little Albert Experiment, Studies and Experiments Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Little Albert experimenttier 2SourcesWikipedia: Little Albert experimenttier 2Wikimedia FoundationDouglas Merritte; Albert BargerComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year