My least favorite psychology researcher is John Watson. From what I have read I feel like he was very arrogant. He raised his children emotionally detached and was extremely critical because he felt like everyone should raise their children this way. He also had an affair with a graduate student assistant that caused him to get fired from John Hopkins University. Watson performed "Little Albert" experiments where he experimented on this baby to be afraid of anything white and fluffy, and other experiments. Today this would be considered unethical. Later he joined the business world after loosing his university position. I know he made contributions to the field, but it is hard to have respect for him personally.
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