John Broadus Watson
1878-1958

 

Watson was born in Greenville, SC, studied at Chicago and became a professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University. The American psychologist founded the school of psychology - behaviorism.


He asserted that all forms of behavior were concrete, disconnected and observable, but inner experiences couldn't be observed. Thus, he formulated the stimulus-response theory and set up the goal of his theory for observing, measuring and controlling behavior.

 

 

 

Other resources:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/13687.html

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rsauzier/WatsonB.html

 

 

 

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