John B. Watson

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academic behaviorist human psychologist

John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.

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John B. Watson canonical 4
John Broadus Watson 1

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
behaviorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in psychology ⓘ
causeOfDeath circulatory system disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1878-01-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-09-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Furman University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
employer J. Walter Thompson ⓘ
surface form: J. Walter Thompson Company

Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
familyName Watson ⓘ
fieldOfWork behaviorism ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
fullName John B. Watson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Broadus Watson
givenName John ⓘ
influenced B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) ⓘ
surface form: B. F. Skinner

behavioral psychology ⓘ
influencedBy Edward L. Thorndike ⓘ
surface form: Edward Thorndike

Ivan Pavlov ⓘ
knownFor Little Albert experiment ⓘ
founding behaviorism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Broadus ⓘ
movement behaviorism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableStudent Karl Lashley ⓘ
notableWork behaviorism ⓘ
surface form: Behaviorism

Psychological Care of Infant and Child ⓘ
Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It ⓘ
occupation advertising executive ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Greenville County, South Carolina ⓘ
Travelers Rest, South Carolina ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
rejected introspection as a scientific method in psychology ⓘ
researchFocus classical conditioning in humans ⓘ
observable behavior ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Ickes ⓘ
Rosalie Rayner ⓘ
theoryEmphasized environmental determinism of behavior ⓘ

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Ivan Pavlov → influenced → John B. Watson ⓘ
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subject surface form: Behaviorism
John B. Watson → fullName → John B. Watson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Broadus Watson