Psychology Loses its Mind: The Behaviorists History and Systems
John Broadus Watson (1878-1958)
University of Chicago
Couldn’t Understand Dewey…
So He Switched Majors and Studied under Angell
A Dashing Psychologist “..his black black hair, brown brown eyes…" --Mary Ickes Watson
And his Vivacious Student(s) “Everything will be lovely and we ought to play safe. Still, play we will.... My total reactions are positive toward you. So, likewise, each and every heart reaction." To Rosalie mine: I have been an awful sinner, I know.... Promise me your heart and body will still be mine.... Every cell I have is yours, individually and collectively. I can't be any more yours than if a surgical operation made us one....
The Study of Learning
Little Albert…
Child Rearing Advice?
Using Fear to Sell Toilet Paper
Edward Chace Tolman 1886-1959
Edwin Ray Guthrie 1886-1959
Clark Leonard Hull 1884-1952
Buhrus Frederick Skinner 1904-1990
No Theories and No Statistics!
Harvard Upstart
Schedules of Reinforcement
Clinical Applications
Educational Applications
Albert Bandura 1925 – Still Alive!! According to Haggbloom et al. (2002), he is the 4th most “eminent” (most cited) psychologist of the 20th century. Considering that the top 3 are Skinner, Piaget, and Freud (in that order), he’s the #1 living psychologist.
Questions? Thoughts?