Editing John B. Watson (section)

=== Dissertation on animal behavior ===
Watson earned his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1903.<ref name=":6">"[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-B-Watson John B. Watson]." ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. 2020 [1998]. Retrieved May 16, 2020.</ref> In his dissertation, "Animal Education",<ref>Watson, John B. 1903. "Animal Education: An Experimental Study on the Psychical Development of the White Rat, Correlated with the Growth of its Nervous System" (dissertation). [[University of Chicago]].</ref> he described the relationship between brain [[myelination]] and learning ability in rats at different ages. Watson showed that the degree of myelinization was largely related to learning ability. Watson stayed at the University of Chicago for five years doing research on the relationship between sensory input and learning. He discovered that the [[kinesthetic]] sense controlled the behavior of rats running in mazes. In 1908, Watson was offered and accepted a faculty position at [[Johns Hopkins University]] and was immediately promoted to chair of the psychology department.<ref name="Bolles" />