John Watson
John Watson most commonly refers to Dr.
Watson, the fictional companion and chronicler of Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories—a loyal, practical foil to Holmes's eccentric brilliance.
The name also belongs to John B.
Watson, the American psychologist who founded behaviorism in the early twentieth century, arguing that psychology should study observable behavior rather than mental states.
- SherlockIconic Victorian-era investigator
- HolmesFictional London investigator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- crime solvingDetermining perpetrators of offenses
- sidekickSubordinate adventure partner
narrator · doctor · army doctor · military · Afghanistan · wounded in action · war veteran · British Empire · Baker Street · Conan Doyle · companion · trusted friend · loyal · mustache · revolver · Victorian · London · 221B Baker Street
- Conditioningconditioning, classical conditioning, operant, reinforcement, stimulus
- PsychologistsFreud, Jung, Piaget, Skinner, Maslow
- Racing DriversLewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Mario Andretti, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon
- BehavioristsB.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov
- animal scientistszoologist, ethologist, marine biologist, ornithologist, wildlife biologist
- Hegelians
John WatsonProfessor Moriarty
antagonist · nemesis · criminal mastermind · villain · villains
John WatsonSherlock Holmes
John WatsonWilliam James
American pragmatist philosopher-psychologist
Sigmund Freud · psychoanalysis · cognitive psychology · mentalism · structuralism