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=﻿ John B. Watson (1878-1958) = ====﻿ = Psychologist =  ="Father of Behaviorism" = ====

Major Accomplishments in Psychology:
1. Helped define the study of behavior by using controlled laboratory situations where he could easily change and manipulate the learner's environment. 2. Became the president of the American Psychological Association. 3. Publication of //Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative// //Psychology //

**Education: **
﻿1899- Graduated from Furman University 1901-Majored in Psychology minor in Philosophy and neurology from University of Chicago 1903- Doctorate from University of Chicago

**Contributions: **
﻿ ﻿1. Father of Behaviorism <span style="color: #ff170a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Emphasized the importance of learning and environmental influences in human development, known as "The Little Albert Experiment". He practiced this with experimenting on babies/toddlers and showing them animals that they didn't have a fear of prior to the experiment. Later, he showed them the same animals and added in a loud gong sound to stimulate a fear of those animals. Therefore proving our fears are learned.

**<span style="color: #0038ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cognitive Perspective: **
<span style="color: #0038ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">John B. Watson believed that people chose the way they behaved. Watson was very interested in the thought process of the choices people made. He uses the Little Albert experiment to find out why people are influenced to act certain ways. media type="youtube" key="Xt0ucxOrPQE?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtOucxOrPQE Youtube video http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/watson.html Major accomplishments and Education http://www.education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2543/Watson-John-B-1878-1958.html Contributions http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/12/meet_the_materialist_part_8_j004334.html Picture