ABSTRACT
In 1956, Gustav Bergmann claimed that, second only to Sigmund Freud, John B. Watson was the most influential shaper of psychological thought in the first half of the 20th century. In 1957, the American Psychological Association cited Watson for spawning a revolution in modern psychology and providing new directions for fruitful research. Some psychologists agree that these accolades are not exaggerated. Watson's signal contributions to scientific psychology and to the movement of behaviorism are well known, and I shall not repeat them here. Instead, I shall mention some less familiar things about Watson that might help us better understand the man and his career.
