Psychology Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
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The Little Albert Experiment, Key FindingThe child's true identity is contested: a 2009 investigation identified him as Douglas Merritte, an infant with a neurological impairment that may confound the study's findings, while a 2014 investigation instead identified him as Albert Barger, a neurologically typical child, and historians have not settled which identification is correct.
The Little Albert Experiment, Studies and Experiments
Standing
Concerns Key Finding
Currently States The child's true identity is contested: a 2009 investigation identified him as Douglas Merritte, an infant with a neurological impairment that may confound the study's findings, while a 2014 investigation instead identified him as Albert Barger, a neurologically typical child, and historians have not settled which identification is correct.
Beck, Levinson and Irons (2009) proposed Douglas Merritte; Powell, Digdon, Harris and Smithson (2014) proposed Albert Barger on the strength of matching hospital admission records. The two identifications are incompatible.
Source Wikipedia: Little Albert experiment
Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Core ClaimIntelligence comprises at least eight distinct, relatively independent modalities rather than one general ability measurable by a single test.
Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Theories and Concepts
Standing
Concerns Core Claim
Currently States Intelligence comprises at least eight distinct, relatively independent modalities rather than one general ability measurable by a single test.
Gardner himself has acknowledged the theory has few enthusiasts among psychometricians and conceded there was little hard validating evidence for it as of a 2004 review; the theory remains influential in educational practice despite this.
Source Wikipedia: Theory of Multiple Intelligences