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John B. Watson

1878 - 1958

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John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment. He was also the editor of Psychological Review from 1910 to 1915. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John B. Watson is the 20th most popular psychologist (down from 17th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from United States (down from 207th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Psychologist.

John B. Watson was most famous for his work with Little Albert. He conducted a study in which he conditioned a child to fear a white rat by pairing it with a loud noise.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, John B. Watson ranks 20 out of 235. Before him are Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, Anna Freud, Kurt Lewin, and Jordan Peterson. After him are Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Melanie Klein, and Wilhelm Reich.

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Among people born in 1878, John B. Watson ranks 4. Before him are Lise Meitner, Janusz Korczak, and Martin Buber. After him are Reza Shah, Gustav Stresemann, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, and Alfred Döblin. Among people deceased in 1958, John B. Watson ranks 12. Before him are Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Kurt Alder, Tyrone Power, Faisal II of Iraq, Clinton Davisson, and Ernest Lawrence. After him are Abul Kalam Azad, Maurice de Vlaminck, Milutin Milanković, Rudolf von Laban, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Maurice Gamelin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John B. Watson ranks 355 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Dulles (1893), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Maria Branyas (1907), Leonard Bernstein (1918), and Quentin Tarantino (1963). After him are James A. Garfield (1831), Demi Moore (1962), Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Susan Sarandon (1946), and Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, John B. Watson ranks 5. Before him are Abraham Maslow (1908), John Dewey (1859), William James (1842), and Carl Rogers (1902). After him are Irvin D. Yalom (1931), B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Howard Gardner (1943), Gordon Allport (1897), and Paul Ekman (1934).

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