Watsonian behaviorism
华生（1878—1958），美国心理学家，行为主义心理学的创始人。他认为心理学研究的对象不是意识而是行为，心理学的研究方法必须抛弃”内省法”，而代之以自然科学常用的实验法和观察法。华生在使心理学客观化方面发挥了巨大的作用。1915年当选为美国心理学会主席。
Educated at Furman University and the University of Chicago. Was professor of psychology and director of the Psychological Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University from 1908 to 1920. Founder of behaviorist school of psychology. Concluded that heredity is a minor factor in human being’s actions.
Taught at Johns Hopkins University from 1908 – 1920.
Major works: Animal Education (1903) Behavior (1914) Behaviorism (1925; revised ed., 1936) Psychological Care of Infant and Child (1928)