PSYCHOLOGIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John B. Watson has received more than 2,473,569 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). John B. Watson is the 17th most popular psychologist, the 207th most popular biography from United States (down from 157th 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 17 out of 235. Before him are Viktor Frankl, William James, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, and Albert Bandura. After him are Kurt Lewin, Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, Wilhelm Reich, Edward Thorndike, and B. F. Skinner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, John B. Watson ranks 4. Before him are Lise Meitner, Janusz Korczak, and Reza Shah. After him are Martin Buber, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Pancho Villa, Werner von Blomberg, Gustav Stresemann, André Citroën, Pyotr Wrangel, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1958, John B. Watson ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, Rosalind Franklin, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. After him are Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, Faisal II of Iraq, and Milutin Milanković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John B. Watson ranks 207 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Melville (1819), Buster Keaton (1895), Johnny Cash (1932), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Steve McQueen (1930), and Thomas Kuhn (1922). After him are John Williams (1932), Carl Sagan (1934), Cameron Diaz (1972), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Benjamin Harrison (1833), and Richard Gere (1949).

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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), Edward Thorndike (1874), B. F. Skinner (1904), Howard Gardner (1943), Gordon Allport (1897), Paul Ekman (1934), and Jerome Bruner (1915).

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