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'Helmholtz Watson'
By Lina, Amy, Mei T
Who is Helmholtz?
Who is Helmholtz Watson?
- Minor character (appears in relation to Bernard Marx and John the Savage)
- Alpha male
- Lecturer (professor) at the College of Emotional Engineering (a.k.a. the Department of Writing)
- Writes hypnopædic slogans/messages
- Is good at writing
- Unlike Bernard, he is well-known, respected, and popular
- Feels different from society
- Is trying to find his voice
- Is interested in art and literature (Shakespeare)
- Is passionate and has more individual emotion
- Unable to overcome his conditioning (still doesn't
approve of 'love' or 'parents')
'Helmholtz' origin
Historical figure: 'Helmholtz'
・・・・・。- The name Helmholtz in the book is from a German Physician named Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821, Potsdam - September 8, 1894)
- Considered one of the founders of experimental psychology.
-Published over 20 books
Herman von Helmholtz invented :
Keratometer
Helmholtz Resonance
Differences vs. Similarities
Similarities:
- They are both respected for their work
- Are both educated
- Have contributed significantly to their societies
- Study of physics and psychology
- (book) College of Emotional Engineering
- (historical) physics and in the philosophy of science, one of the founder of psychology
- speed of never impulse and color visions
Differences:
- Helmholtz Watson (book) feels 'different' from society
- Hermann (historical) had a wife and children, whereas Helmholtz Watson (book) despised the idea of a 'family' or a 'mother'
'Watson' origin
Where does the name 'Watson' come from?
- John B. Watson ( January 9, 1878~ September 25, 1958)
- American Psychologist, who studied and publicized behaviorism
- An approach to the experimental study of the relations between the environmental events of a human and its behavior
- The theory that you can alter behavior with conditioning
- “Watsonian Behaviorism” became dominant psychology in the US
- He became a professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University
- Researched in comparative of animal psychology
- Used animal subjects to compare animal psychology and human psychology
Similarities & Differences
Similarities:
- College professor who is a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering.
- Taught the behavior of humans
- John B. Watson was famous for the experiment “Little Albert” where he tested on an infant and a rat.
- Scientists tested different environments: loud scary noises ----> Albert became scared of the rat (conditioning)
- Practice of electrocuting-babies and conditioning to fear certain things can be seen in Brave New World
Similarities & Differences
Differences:
- John B. Watson had children, whereas Helmholtz (and the rest of the World State) believes that children/families/marriage is bad
- John B. Watson was born --> Helmholtz was 'decanted'
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