Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Psychologist
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
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| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Gold_Medal_Award_from_the_American_Psychological_Association
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| gptkbp:born |
January 9, 1878
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:John_B._Watson_Jr.
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Influence on developmental psychology
Influence on educational psychology Influence on cognitive psychology Founding behaviorism as a school of thought Influence on social psychology Influence on clinical psychology Application of psychology to advertising Critique of introspection Emphasis on environmental influences on behavior Promoting the study of observable behavior |
| gptkbp:died |
September 25, 1958
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select.
Behaviorism is a science of behavior. The behaviorist is not interested in the mind. The goal of behaviorism is to predict and control behavior. Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science. |
| gptkbp:field |
Psychology
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Dr. John B. Watson
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:B.F._Skinner
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Ivan_Pavlov
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
Behaviorism
Advertising techniques Little_Albert_experiment |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:researchFocus |
Conditioning
Child development Emotional responses Learning processes |
| gptkbp:spouse |
Mary_Ickes
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| gptkbp:work |
The Principles of Psychology
Psychological Review Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology Psychology_as_the_Behaviorist_Views_It The_Behaviorist_Manifesto |