John B. Watson was born on January 9, 1878. His father had an alcohol use problem and abandoned the family when Watson was 13. His mother's deep religious beliefs led her to raise the family with ...

So there we have it: Rather than a John B. Watson free of scandal and working tirelessly to develop a paradigm that would dominate the field in the 20th century—as I learned about him—the real ...

The New Yorker, June 6, 1931 P. 28. Letter to Dr. John B. Watson, the behaviorist, asking why she hasn't heard from him lately. Tells him he can't start speaking about Behaviorism and then go off ...