AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Behaviorism” long ago lost whatever simple and specific definition it had. Watson coined the term in 1913, referred to “behavior psychology” in 1919 (p. viii), and titled his 1924 popular book Behaviorism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Watson’s behaviorist theory focused not on the internal emotional and psychological conditions of people, but rather on their external and outward behaviors. He believed that a person’s physical responses provided the only insight into internal actions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Watson was the father of behaviorism. His now-revered lectures on the subject defined behaviorism as a natural science that takes the whole field of human adjustment as its own. It is the business of behaviorist psychology to predict and control human activity.