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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Brief History John B. Watson Born: January 9, 1878Death: September 25, 1958 -Parents were Emma and Pickens Watson -In 1891, his father left for his affairs with other women-At the age of 16, he went to Furman University, graduated in 1899-In 1901, majored in psychology and minored in philosophy at University of Chicago-In 1903, graduated from University of Chicago with a PhD in experimental psychology-In 1901 married Mary Ikes and their first child Mary, was born in 1905-In 1907, became a associate professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University-founder of the psychological school of Behaviorism 2 Unique Facts: 1) His mother was very religious and disapproved of drinking, smoking, and dancing.She subjected him to harsh religious training that made him hate all religions for a lifetime 2) Watson burned his personal letters and papers on behaviorism and himself beforehistorians could view them. "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll gurantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select- doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years." "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up inand I'll guarantee to take any one at randomand train him to become any type of specialist I might select-doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes even beggar-manand thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies,abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but sohave the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years." Quote: Acheivements -Proposed the idea of an objective psychology of behavior called: behaviorism. -His def. of psychology: The study of people's actions with the ability to predict and control those actions.-Developed the behaviorist's theory-Successfully conducted an experiment called the:Little Albert Experiment to induce fear in a child.-The little Albert experiment's goal: To developtechniques to allow him to condition and controlemotions of human subjects.-He theorized that children have three basic emotionalreactions: Fear, rage, and love-The experiment involved him showing a white rat anda sudden loud clanging noise so that the child would have fear of the rat-Wrote and sold books about the control of human emotions-1920, he published his studies on his most famous experiment: the little Albert experiment-1924: published behaviorism-1928: published the psychological care of infant and child-1957: awarded the gold medal from the American Psychological Associationfor his contributions to the field of psychology. & Legacy
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