Word: watsons
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...first decades of the 20th century, nature held sway over nurture in most fields. In the wake of World War I, however, three men recaptured the social sciences for nurture: John B. Watson, who set out to show how the conditioned reflex, discovered by Ivan Pavlov, could explain human learning; Sigmund Freud, who sought to explain the influence of parents and early experiences on young minds; and Franz Boas, who argued that the origin of ethnic differences lay with history, experience and circumstance, not physiology and psychology...
...Harvard College professors are Professor of Latin Kathleen M. Coleman, Professor of History James Kloppenberg, Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society James L. Watson and outgoing Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis...
...Since I was in high school, I thought if I go to Harvard I wanted to do that,” Watson said. “I’ve always wanted to do it if I had a chance...
...Watson said that his speech, “De Ignotis,” which translates as “On the Forgotten,” is about how history often forgets the people who were vital for the successes of today...
Both Hart and Watson said that they are excited and nervous about delivering their respective orations...