lunes, 1 de marzo de 2010




JOHN B WATSON
born: January, 9, 1878
died: September, 25, 1958

John B Watson also known as the father of behavorism, he started teaching psychology in John Hopkins University. He has one experiment that is really famous and it is the Little Albert experiment. He was trying to proove that we are not born with fears we learn them. What he did to prove this was that he had little albert a baby and he would put rats and furry white things and when Albert was about to touch the animals he would make a sharp oise and then Little Albert would learn to be afraid of these animals.

Achievements and Awards
1915 – Served as the President of the American Psychological Association (APA)
1919 – Published Psychology From the Standpoint of a Behaviorist
1925 – Published Behaviorism
1928 – Published Psychological Care of Infant and Child
1957 – Received the APA’s award for contributions to psychology

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