John Watson Research Paper

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John Broadus Watson was born in Greenville, South Carolina on January 9, 1878 to Emma and Pickens Watson (Watson, 1999). He had a childhood that was torn between a very religious Christian mother and a drunk father, who often got into trouble with law enforcement. His mother pushed him to be a proper Christian, but growing up John was closer to his father (Weiland, n.d.). Unfortunately John’s father had cheated on his mother multiple times and eventually left the family in 1891, which had a huge negative impact on John. (Watson, 1999) His academic motivation declined, and he turned to violence finding himself in trouble with the law much like his father. However, his life turned around when he was accepted Furman University at the age of 16. His academic motivation improved along with his general attitude. While at …show more content…

He trained at J Walter Thompson Agency under a man named Stanley B. Resor. Shortly after he was able to become an ambassador and later even the vice president of the company in 1924. While working in the advertising business he never stopped publishing books about controlling human emotion. Eventually he moved on to work for a different agency, the William Esty Agency, until he retired in 1945. (Watson, 1999). However, before retiring in 1945 he was faced with his wife’s unexpected death in 1935, which had a great impact on his life. He was devastated and consequently turned to alcohol and spent all of his time focused on his work. His already rocky relationship with his family deteriorated completely, and he became isolated. Even so when his son, William, commited suicide in 1954 he was again hurt. He burned all of his unpublished works in 1958, not long before his death, in an attempt to work out his frustrations. John Watson died on September 25th, 1958 in New York City at the age of

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