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John B. Watson
(9 Jan 1878 - 25 Sep 1958)
American psychologist who maintained that psychology is essentially the science of stimuli and responses. Learned responses can be acquired by means of conditioning. He denied the existence of any human instincts, inherited capacities or talents, and temperaments. He published Behaviorism, a book designed for the average reader, in 1925.
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Science Quotes by John B. Watson (1 quote)
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select—doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. (1930)
— John B. Watson
Behaviorism (1998), 82.
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9 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Watson's birth. 
Behaviorism, by John B Watson. - book suggestion.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
