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1. Kendra Cherry. (1878-1958).Autobiography.RetRieved March 2! 2012 from: http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/watson.htm 2. Unknown. (2012). Little Albert. Retrieved March 10, 2012 from:http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/watson.htm

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Based on the knowledge and conversations I have endured with my fellows colleagues, I believe that the perspective that has the most appropriate methods for gathering information about Michelle Bridge’s red team contestants is the socio-cultural perspective.

I found that socio-cultural perspective uses the best methods to gain knowledge from her contestants in order for the competition (training) to be effective for each competitor. This perspective is very helpful as you can identify their different cultural beliefs, social behaviours, and examine how each of her team members’ behaviour influences each other during team challenges. Michelle Bridges may also obtain data effectively by socialising with her team members in order to get to know their cultural and social characteristics. Data may easily be obtain by also seeing how her contestants behave with other contestants especially when they are out in public and going out to eat in front of each other.

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Michelle Bridges, Biggest loser personal trainer of the Red Team, is seeking information about her team members.

Michelle can use behavioural psychology to gather and analyse different information about how her team memebers react to different situations. Michelle may gather this information by conducting a number of tests in which can help her gain a better insight about her team members.
  

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The reason I have chosen this particular photograph of a rat is because mymost fam ous experiment was the “Little Albert” experiment where I had taken Pavlov’s research further to show that emotional reactions could be conditioned in people. Initially the little boy had shown no fear to the rat which is best represented by the colour of white for peace. Although Watson later would make loud noises every time after the child would come in contact with the rat. This procedure is best represented as the colour of black as it is like cloak masking the rat’s darkness and the fear that had inflicted on the little boy.

Behavioural perspectives of psychology focuses on learned observable behaviours. It is the behavioural approach to understanding motivation and drives both learned and unlearned, and with reasons.

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John Broadus Watson (Pamela Pokos)

Behavioural Perspective

Behavioural perspectives of psychology focuses on learned observable behaviours. It is the behavioural approach to understanding motivation and drives, drives both learned and unlearned, and with reasons.  

I set the stage for behaviorism, which soon rose to dominate psychology. While behaviorism began to lose its hold after 1059, many of the concepts and principles are still widely used today. Conditioning and behavior modification are still used in therapy and behavioral training to help clients change problematic behaviors and develop new skills.

My theories and experiment has contributed to many people’s understandings of psychology as I have gained more of an insight and gained more knowledge.

I have conducted many successful experiments throughout my life’s work. One of these including “Little Albert”. This had been an experiment I had conducted with my assistant Rosalie Rayner which had actually turned out to be one the most controversial in psychology during 1920. The main goal that I had intended for this experiment was see if there was a possibility to apply a fear of a white rat. My subject had been and 11 month-old boy. This study had demonstrated how emotions can become conditioned responses.

I was born of January 9, 1978. I was born and grew up in Travelers Rest (Greenville) in South Carolina. I then moved around and died September 25, 1958 in New York City. Well I had a good run; 80 years.  

I am an American psychologist that founded that school Behaviourism. I was never interested in introspection or the unconscious mind but the study of observable behaviour.  I felt that Behaviourism should apply techniques of animal research or conditioning of humans. I wanted to apply Ivan Pavlov principle’s of conditioned reflexes. I had conducted my most ground breaking famous experiment in 1920 where the subject was a healthy boy named Albert.

I grew up in South Carolina. I would probably describe myself as a poor student because we lost most of our wealth during the civil war.  I entered Furman University at the age of 16. After graduating five years later with a master’s degree, I began studying psychology at the University of Chicago. I earned my Ph.D. in psychology in 1903. I began teaching psychology at John Hopkins University in 1908. In 1913, I gave a seminal lecture at Columbia University title Psychology as the Behaviourist Views It. I believe psychology should be a science of observable behaviour. I have had lots of achievements in my life. In 1915 I served as President of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1919 I published a book called Psychology from the standpoint of behaviourist , in 1925 Behaviourism had been published, in 1929 I published Psychological care of infant and child, and in 1957 I had received the APA’S award for contributions to psychology.

I perused an interest in animal behaviour, child rearing, and advertising. I left academia to purse an interest in advertising. Thanks to all the contacts provided at an academic college, I began working for U.S advertising agency. I learned many things about marketing mostly at ground level.

I had possessed the best and the worst in my father.  I had a rough and impulse side. Like my father I swore a lot, drank a lot, and I always drank bourbon whiskey, which had also been my father’s favourite drink.

I later became very interested in the work of Ivan Pavlov, and I eventually a highly simplified version of Pavlov’s principles in his popular work.