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His most famous experiment was conducted in the winter of 1919 and 1920 with a baby known as Albert B. Watson and his assistant gave Albert a white lab rat; he was unafraid and tried to touch the rat.

Where does fear come from? American psychologist John Watson wanted to find out — so, in the name of science, he tried to ...