Quoting Allen Esterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> "I began this book in search of Deborah Skinner, the elusive, mythologized
> daughter of the twentieth century's most radical neobehaviorist, and I
> never found her. I'm sure she is alive, but I did not come up with any
> data that would convince me of her mental status. After years as her
> father's experimental subject, did she fare well? Did she thrive? Is she
> dented or damaged in some way? I don't know."

> �After years as her father's experimental subject, did she fare well? Did
> she thrive? Is she dented or damaged in some way? I don't know�, it is
> little wonder that Skinner�s daughters are deeply concerned that the
> notion most likely to remain in readers� minds is the insinuation that
> their father may have mistreated Deborah.

I think this set of quotations is what has me going. Slater sets a tone of 
whatever Skinner's children may have experienced, it resulted in a negative 
outcome.

Why not a positive outcome, since, if she has correctly represented Skinner, 
that should have been the outcome?

I feel like from the get go there is no objectivity when a side is taken. 
Unfortunately, this is the image that is now being presented to the lay public. 
More damage control at my end!

Annette


Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology
University of San Diego 
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
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