AKA John Broadus Watson

Born: 9-Jan-1878
Birthplace: Greenville, SC
Died: 25-Sep-1958
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Infection

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Psychologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Behaviorism

Argued that organizations like the Boy Scouts and YMCA lead to homosexuality. Girls in particular were susceptible because they held hands, kissed, and slept together in the same bed at pajama parties.

Mother: Emma Watson
Father: Pickens Watson
Wife: Mary Ickes (sister of Harold Ickes, div. 1920)
Wife: Rosalie Rayner (his student)

    University: MA, Furman University (1899)
    University: PhD Psychology, University of Chicago (1903)
    Professor: Psychology, Johns Hopkins University (1908-20)

Author of books:
Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology (1914)
Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist (1919)
Behaviorism (1925)
Psychological Care of Infant and Child (1928)

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