John B. Watson

John B. Watson
Born
John Broadus Watson

(1878-01-09)January 9, 1878
Travelers Rest, South Carolina, US
DiedSeptember 25, 1958(1958-09-25) (aged 80)
Woodbury, Connecticut, US
EducationFurman University (MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forFounding behaviorism
Methodological behaviorism
Behavior modification
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Doctoral advisorJ. R. Angell[1]
Other academic advisorsJohn Dewey, H. H. Donaldson, Jacques Loeb

John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school.[2] Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It.[3] Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment. He was also the editor of Psychological Review from 1910 to 1915.[4] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Watson as the 17th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[5]

  1. ^ "Classics in the History of Psychology" Archived March 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine: "Watson obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Angell 1903."
  2. ^ Cohn, Aaron S. 2014. "Watson, John B.." Pp. 1429–1430 in The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by M. J. Coleman and L. H. Ganong. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Retrieved May 16, 2020. doi:10.4135/9781452286143.n563. ISBN 9781452286143.
  3. ^ Watson, John B. (1913). "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It". Psychological Review. 20 (2): 158–177. doi:10.1037/h0074428. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-9182-7. S2CID 145372026. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Kintsch, Walter; Cacioppo, John T. (1994). "Introduction to the 100th Anniversary Issue of the Psychological Review". Psychological Review. 101 (2): 195–99. doi:10.1037/0033-295x.101.2.195.
  5. ^ Haggbloom, Steven J.; Warnick, Renee; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; et al. (2002). "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–52. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. S2CID 145668721.