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John B. Watson
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American psychologist (1878
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- human
- Family name
- Watson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greenville
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian
- Doctoral advisor
- James Rowland Angell
- Student of
- John Dewey
- Doctoral student
- Karl Lashley
- Field of work
- psychology
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- John Broadus Watson.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1878-01-09
- date of death
- 1958-09-25
- name in native language
- John Tolet
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- John Broadus Watson
- influenced by
- Ivan Pavlov
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. 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. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Watson as the 17th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Early life
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