Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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John B. Watson famously claimed that if he were to be given a dozen healthy infants, he could shape them into anything; doctors, lawyers, artists, beggars, or thieves, regardless of their background or genetic predispositions. First, he completed experiments with 8-month old Albert. He later applied his theory when raising his own children. In essence, he applied the scientific method to human psychology which he called behaviorism.

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Sources:

John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Watson

Behaviorism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism

Watch
youtu.be/9hBfnXACsOI

The literature of Early Child Rearing
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-55587-006.html

The Dark Night of Behaviorism
robothink.blogspot.com/2005/09/long-dark-night-of-behaviorism.html

The Sad History of Sleep Training
paperpinecone.com/blog/training-sleep-training-history-behind-question

Original 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 anyone 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. - John B. Watson

Further:
Famous play by George Bernard Shaw "Pygmalion" later remade in the movie "My Fair Lady"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play)

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Behaviorism Theory
00:34 Classical Conditioning
00:58 Little Albert Experiment
01:38 Behavior Explained
01:54 Psychology as Science
02:32 Parenting Advice
03:21 Family Tragedy
03:51 Watson’s Regret
04:09 Nature vs Nurture

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