Watson's Life StoryJohn Broadus Watson was a famous American psychologist who lived between 1878 and 1958. He was born in a place called Greenville in South Carolina. John's father was called Pickens and Emma was his mother and he was their fourth child. The family was not well off financially and simply lived in poverty. Despite the poverty that overwhelmed the family, John's father became a habitual drunkard who cared less about his family. However, Emma John's mother was a devout religious woman who struggled to care for the children with less support from her husband (Watson, 1999). In 1891, Pickens' father John left the family and disappeared as he was someone who had extramarital affairs with other women, a situation which also put a strain on their marriage to his wife Emma and relationship with his children. When Pickens disappeared from home, John became a bad boy and became so confused in life due to the lack of complete parental care from both parents. He became rebellious at school even though he didn't want to listen to his teachers' advice. He bullied his fellow students and was involved in other antisocial behavior that was completely unacceptable in the school environment, he also became violent and even rebelled against his mother. John's life began to change with the help of his teacher named Gordon Moore when he was a student at Furman University. He later developed a positive attitude towards academic work as he realized that at least now he can contribute to the community regardless of his family's poverty status. His academic performance was quite brilliant and he managed to succeed and secure an opportunity at the University of Chicago to pursue his goal… halfway… however, critics argue that animals and people they can easily adapt behaviors when new information is introduced even if the previous pattern of behavior has already been established by reinforcement. In conclusion, behaviorism theory relies on observable behaviors for easier quantification and data collection. Effective techniques such as behavioral intervention and discrete trial training come from this school of thought. The approaches are very essential to alter maladaptive behaviors in adults and even children (Cherry, 2011). Therefore, Professor John Watson is highly appreciated for his extraordinary contribution to modern psychology as his work represented a great transition from the work of previous scholars to that of modern scholars. His life story is quite inspiring and serves as a role model for young scholars interested in studying psychology.