In 1920, psychologist John B. Watson and his assistant Rosalie Rayner carried out one of the most shocking experiments in psychology — the Little Albert experiment. Their aim was simple but disturbing: to prove that emotions like fear could be created, not just experienced. The subject was an 11-month-old baby known only as “Albert B.” At first, Albert showed no fear of animals or objects, happily touching a white rat, a rabbit, and even playing with burning newspapers. But things changed when W