![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rosalie does not question Watson’s ideas or methods as they embark on a scandalous affair. The baby that Watson chooses for this experiment-a stolid, passive nine-month-old referred to as Albert-seems the perfect subject to prove almost all behavior is conditioned. In their best-known collaboration, they expose a baby to rats, loud noises, and other stimuli, eliciting fearful responses. After graduating from Vassar in 1919, Rosalie attends Johns Hopkins, where she works in the psychology lab under Watson, a handsome, gregarious advocate of conditioning over introspection. Rosalie Rayner-wife of real-life behaviorist pioneer John Watson, assistant in his controversial 1920 Little Albert experiment, and coauthor of his now-ĭiscredited parenting guide-is the confessional narrator of Romano-Lax’s scorching new novel. ![]()
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