John B. Watson

In Spite of Watson. Most Rogers’s achievements can be seen as a result of Watson’s “negative” view on psychology. After observation had been established, Carl Rogers decided to take a more optimistic approach,

John B Watson the “father of behaviorism once quoted “ Give me a dozen healthy infants, well formed and my own specified world to bring them up in and I will guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant chief and yes, even beggar man, and thief, regardless of his talents pendants, tendencies, abilities, vocations and race of his ancestors. Watson had a plan as to what he wanted to accomplish. He new what his goals were. He had a plan as to how he wanted to conduct the Little Albert Experiment and Classical Conditioning. Watson believed that psychology shoed be seen as a purely objective experimental branch of natural science, he wanted to see the prediction and control of behavior not just the understanding of the mind (Mcleod, 2008).

Watson believed that we are all born with blank minds, environment determines our behaviour, and behaviour is the result of stimulus and responses.

Watson believed that psychology had failed to become a natural science, due to the focus on consciousness which he thought of as very unscientific and subjective. He believed that theories should be supported by careful scientific study of observable behaviour through laboratory studies.

In the story Adventures of the Cardboard Box, I chose Dr. John H. Watson to do a character analysis. Dr. Watson provides a foil and minor character to compare to his partner Holmes. Watson's simplistic role often minimizes him to being a plot device to move the plot along. Watson's narration through out the series is constantly building up Holmes's glamor at the expense of his own.

John B. Watson thought that psychology should be known as the science of observable behavior because according to his writings “purely objective experimental branch of natural

Behaviorism is the scientific approach to psychology that is distinguished by logical-theoretical emphasis as is seeks to develop reasons for behavior (Moore, 2013). The theory of Behaviorism was developed by John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner. Uniquely, this theory states that personality is plastic and can be shaped by the environment or situational influences. Another difference from previous thoughts is

According to the famous “Rats maze” experiment, Watson began by challenging the underlying assumption of instinct (Berntson and Cacioppo, 2000). Watson and Morgan (1917) are considered to be

But what exactly did Watson do in comparison to Tolman? Watson stated that psychology according to behaviorists was an objective experimental branch (Benjamin, 2014). He believed that psychology should turn towards the study of behavior. He also believed that psychology had failed to be apart of the natural sciences and wanted to push for them too at this time. He wanted only experimental methods used when it came to psychology and wanted to disregard methods such as introspection and metal testing (Benjamin, 2014). Watson is, perhaps, most famous for his Little Albert study. In this study, by using only empirical evidence, Watson demonstrated classical conditioning. Despite some methodological flaws, this study is still arguably one of the most famous in the history of psychology. Watson used this study to push the study of human behavior by more empirical methods (Malone, 2014). Some other psychologists, such as Tolman and Skinner, seemed to take Watson’s lead. They did, however, had some differences in

John Watson was born January 9, 1878 and he died September 25, 1958. He grew up in South Carolina (Cherry, 2014). John Watson grew up in a poor and dysfunctional family. His mother was Christian and she, therefore, wanted to raise him to be Christian. His father, on the other hand, was a bad man. He did drugs and got in trouble. In Watson’s teenage years, he had an affair and left his family. Although Watson’s mother’s intentions were to raise him to be a good Christian man, Watson ended up being a very violent kid. Watson even found himself in trouble with the law, just as his dad did. Later in

* John Watson (1878-1958) postulated that concepts such as the mind, consciousness, and feelings are neither objective or measurable.

Behaviorism is “the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes” (Myers, 2011, p. 6). John Watson believed that science is based upon observation. Therefore, Watson developed behaviorism based upon the idea that while you cannot observe a feeling or thought of a person, you can observe their reactions

THe Behavioral perspective believes that our behavior is the result of the environment we are in. Behaviorists believe that psychologists should rely on the stimuli in the environment and our response to the stimuli. There perspective was that our behaviors are the result of our upbringing and environment. The behavioral perspective works on the molecular level to understand an individual 's behavior. They developed research generated evidence. John Watson was the founder of American behaviorism. Watson advocated that psychology is a science and it should be limited to observable, measurable behaviors. Watson studied babies and how they learned everything from their environment. He advocated that nurture was stronger than nature. Watson was famous for his experiment with Baby Albert and a white rat. Baby Albert did not fear the white at at first but began to fear it once it was associated with a loud sound. Watson proved through his experiments that parents should take

John Watson a theorist who rejected the idea of introspection and every part of the psychodynamic theory, suggested the Behaviourist view is an

This section of analysis continues by underlining Watson as a characterized character. Although John Watson is a cultural icon with variety characteristics, which contributed by others than author Conan Doyle, his signs and images are not comparable with Sherlock Holmes. Adaptations have added signs and renewed Holmes in order to attract a particular audience. However, in recent adaptations, John Watson’s image is not vivid as well. Whether it is Jude Law or Martin Freeman’s Watson, they are all have less distinct characteristics. Audience could call them moderate, gentle, and with more social skills comparing with Holmes, but relatively speaking, he is not clearly recognized at first glance. Joan Watson, on the other hand, is more characterized