Watson was apparently guilty of a bit of self-plagiarism. See p. 104 of Behaviorism (1924, reprinted by Norton, 1970):
'I should like to go one step further now and say, "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select -- doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors." I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it form nay thousands of years.' Claudia Stanny At 01:55 PM 4/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Cheri, >The source of the quote is Watson, J.B. (1926). What the nursery has to say >about instincts. In C. Murchison (Ed), Psychologies of 1925 (pp.1-34). >Worcester, MA: Clark University Press. > >You can find the excerpted quote in Hergenhahn's "An Introduction to the >History of Psychology" (4th ed). Wadsworth. p.356 > > >>From: "Cheri Budzynski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Finding a quotation >>Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:46:43 -0400 >> >>I am looking for the famous quote by Watson (I think) about taking a child >>and making that child a doctor, lawyer, thief, etc. Does anyone have the >>source or the quotation? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Cheri >>___________________________________ >> >>Cheri A. Budzynski, Ph. D. >>Assistant Professor of Psychology >>Heidelberg College >>310 E. Market Street >>Tiffin, Ohio 44883 >>Tel: (419) 893 1986 ext. 4005 >> >> >>--- >>You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
