john b. watson

b. john b watson falls under the behaviorist perspective

c. developed the behavior approach, founded classical behaviorism, famous for one of his most controversial experiments, “Little Albert”

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e. from Greenville, South Carolina, born on jan 9 1878, went to Furman University-recieved masters degree in 1899 then earned a Phy.D in psychology at the uni of chicago in 1903, wrote books based on behaviorism and psychology, and had an awfully rough past, which included issues with his family, poor academic scores, and struggled financially as well

f. “No one knows just how the idea of a soul or the supernatural started… It probably had its origin in the general laziness of mankind”