Interestingly, we have one radical behaviorist on our psychology faculty at Emory (Ph.D. student of Howard Rachlin, whom I believe in turn was a Ph.D. student of Skinner at Harvard) - and he often goes by J.J. McDowell. ...Scott
Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 [email protected] (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:56 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner? Lots of people say EB Titchener, EC Tolman, EG Boring, and EL Thorndike. Usually it is because they used this form of their name in publication. In SKinner's case, he never use his first name "Burrhus." He went by the diminutive of his middle name, "Fred." Chris Green York U. Toronto =========== michael sylvester wrote: I could swear that your students will not know.Btw,why is he the only behavioral scienist we address with his first two inititials? We do not say P Brandon,C Green, S Black,or C Hull,so why the BF Skinner? Was there a Jaywalking episode where Jay Leno asked people what the BF stands for in BF Skinner? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
