I am told by my graduate advisor (F.K. McSweeney) that it is
something of a Harvard tradition to publish that way. Herrnstein
sometimes went as R.J. Herrnstein. Stevens went by S.S. Stevens,
etc. They are respectively called "Fran" Dick" and "Smitty" by
friends - but they published using initials. Of course, Skinner's
friends called him "Fred" so he does not break the pattern.
Of course there is JER Staddon and MEP Seligman if we want to go to 3
initials.
-- J.D. Dougan
And while on this subject,what does the APA manual say about citing an
author? Do we spell out the full name or what? I can remember having proble
ms with "Spence".I could not decide who was who,for example Spence & Spence
or Loftus & Loftus.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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