John B Watson is one of the most popular and richest Psychologist who was born on January 9, 1878 in Travelers Rest, SC, South Carolina, United States. Famous because of the “Little Albert” infant behavioral experiment in conditioning, Watson is also notable for creating the psychological sub-field of behaviorism.
Watson’s early career work under psychologist and philosopher Watson’s early-career work under philosopher and psychologist John Dewey greatly influenced his later behaviorist approach to psychology. greatly in influencing his later behaviorist method of studying psychology.
The professor was made to resign his teaching job in Johns Hopkins University when his relationship to his pupil Rosalie Rayner was exposed. After divorced from his wife of the previous marriage, Mary Ickes Watson, the couple got married Rayner.
