# John B. Watson **Domain:** Psychology / Behaviorism **Doc Type:** Person **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Behaviorism]], [[Law of Effect]], [[B. F. Skinner]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition John B. Watson was an American psychologist who helped establish behaviorism by making observable behavior, rather than introspected mental states, the proper object of psychology. ## Schedule–Loop Context In the Schedule and Loop architecture, Watson closes the black box. This permits governance through consequences at the organism's boundary without maintaining a rich model of the person's interior. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]