John B. Watson Biography

John B. Watson biography

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NAME: John B. Watson
OCCUPATION: Psychologist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: January 09, 1878
DEATH DATE: September 25, 1958
EDUCATION: University of Chicago
PLACE OF BIRTH: Travelers Rest, South Carolina
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

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Psychologist John B. Watson is remembered for codifying and publicizing behaviorism with his article “Psychology as a Behaviorist Views It” and other research.

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Behavior (1914) he argued for the use of animal John B. Watson was born Jan. 9, 1878, in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. He is remembered for codifying and publicizing behaviorism. In his epoch-making article, “Psychology as a Behaviorist Views It” (1913), he asserted that psychology should restrict itself to the objective, experimental study of the relations between environmental events and human behavior.