I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years.
John B. Watson
John Broadus Watson was born on January 9, 1878 in South Carolina. Watson went to college at Furman University at the young age of 16. After five years, he graduated with a master's degree. He then went to the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D in psychology. Watson went and taught at John Hopskin University until he was forced into resignation after an affair with the gradate assistant that worked with "Little Albert". Watson is best know with his work with Behaviorism. The showed behaviorism through his use of "Little Albert". Right before Watson died, which was September 25, 1958, he burnt all of his unpublished papers.
Watson was interested in the work Pavlov did with the dogs and wondered if he could condition humans. This is what birthed the idea for the "Little Albert" experiment. Watson and his graduate assistant, Rayner, exposed a child to a series of animals and observed the boy had no fear. The next time Albert saw the white rat, Watson made a loud noise. This loud noise scared the child and he started crying. After Watson repeated the experiment several times, Albert began to cry anytime he saw the rat. Another thing Watson and Rayner observed was that anytime a white, fuzzy animal was shown, Albert would cry in fear. Watson had several criticisms due to the fact the experiment design, it is also consider unethical. What happened to the boy? The boy wasn't as "healthy" as Watson described. Researchers found that "Albert", Douglas Merritte, suffered from hydrocephalus since birth and that Watson knew of the boys conditions and lied about the state of the child's health. Watson played a huge role in the development of behaviorism.
Watson was interested in the work Pavlov did with the dogs and wondered if he could condition humans. This is what birthed the idea for the "Little Albert" experiment. Watson and his graduate assistant, Rayner, exposed a child to a series of animals and observed the boy had no fear. The next time Albert saw the white rat, Watson made a loud noise. This loud noise scared the child and he started crying. After Watson repeated the experiment several times, Albert began to cry anytime he saw the rat. Another thing Watson and Rayner observed was that anytime a white, fuzzy animal was shown, Albert would cry in fear. Watson had several criticisms due to the fact the experiment design, it is also consider unethical. What happened to the boy? The boy wasn't as "healthy" as Watson described. Researchers found that "Albert", Douglas Merritte, suffered from hydrocephalus since birth and that Watson knew of the boys conditions and lied about the state of the child's health. Watson played a huge role in the development of behaviorism.