American psychologist and academic (died 1958)

John B. Watson

John Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment. He was also the editor of Psychological Review from 1910 to 1915.

Born

1879

January 9

Died

1958

Era

1870s

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1879 Born
1958 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

400 Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
475 Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.
681 Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
1038 An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.

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The world in 1958

When John departed

april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Also born in 1879

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879) Albert Asher 1879– New Zealand rugby player (died 1965) Alfred Korzybski 1879– Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950) Annie Kenney 1879– leading British suffragette (died 1953) Benjamin R. Jacobs 1879–1963 American biochemist (born 1879) Boris Savinkov 1879– Russian soldier and author (died 1925) Carlos Chagas 1879–1934 Brazilian physician and parasitologist (died 1934) Edward Bruce 1879–1318 American lawyer and painter (died 1943) Edward Steichen 1879–1973 Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879)

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