Snapshot From The History Of Psychology: John B. Watson:

Watson‘s Position in )Youngest President of APA 2) Proponent for applied psychology 3) Editor of one of the major journals in psychology 4) One of psychology’s young revolutionaries. 5) Father of behaviorism

Psychology in )Many of the founders of the discipline are no longer dominant forces. 2) Psychology lacks the status of other sciences. 3) Psychology is centered in academia. Applied psychology is in its infancy. 4) Efforts by psychologists in World War I increased the prestige of the discipline.

Watson: )Pioneering research on the basis of human emotions. 2) Little Albert and the ‘baby studies.’ 3) Investigations on the physiological correlates of human sexual response (questionable). 4) Effects of alcohol on memory. 5) Sexual hygiene. 6) Scandal and dismissal from Hopkins.

The Scandal 1)Response of newspapers 2) Response of psychological historians. 3) Information in they Watson-Meyer correspondence

The Scandal: Some Questions 1)Was Watson being truthful in his correspondence with Meyer? 2) Should Meyer have turned the correspondence over to Goodnow? 3) What did Meyer mean when he said that Watson “did not see the light?” 4) How might Watson have avoided dismissal?

Aftermath And What Might Have Been 1)Watson in the business world. 2) Watson the child rearing expert. 3) Clinical psychology 4) Developmental psychology 5) Status of applied psychology

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