It appeared fine here. Enjoyed the reference too...and the picture. G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D Psychology@SVSU
> On Jan 17, 2014, at 10:53 AM, "Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D." > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm going to try this again because it seems that my email consisted of a > bunch of "mish-mosh." The joke already is ruined. I just want to see if the > same thing happens again. > > Jeff > ============ > > Hi again, > > I just finished reading one of the papers referred to in this thread (Epstein > & Joker, 2007), in which the authors quoted Skinner's opening remarks at a > 1962 "debate" between Rogers and Skinner: > >> I was just reminded of a story that I once heard about Carl Rogers, and I >> will tell it now in hope to confirm or have him deny it.... Carl Rogers was >> never much of a duck hunter, but he was persuaded upon one occasion to go >> duck hunting. He and some friends went into a blind and sat through a dreary >> cold early dawn, and no ducks arrived until the very end of the time when >> shooting was possible. Finally, one lone duck came in, and his friends >> allowed him to shoot, and he did. At the same time, along the shore a few >> hundred yards away, another man shot at the same duck. The duck fell, plop. >> Dr. Rogers got out of the blind and started toward the duck. The other man >> got out of his blind and started toward the same duck. They arrived at the >> same moment. Dr. Rogers turned to him and said, ‘‘You feel that this is your >> duck.’’ [Much laughter] The reason that I was reminded of that story was >> that the end of it is that Dr. Rogers brought the duck home. [Much laughter] >> (pp. 49-50) > > Quite an amusing anecdote, I think. Not so amusing was what happened just > moments after Skinner finished his story, when Rogers beat the crap out of > Skinner (see picture): > > <fight.png> > > REFERENCE > Epstein, R., & Joker, V. R. (2007). A threshold theory of the humor response. > The Behavior Analyst, 30, 49-58. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > http://sccpsy101.com/curriculum-vitae/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Scottsdale Community College > 9000 E. Chaparral Road > Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 > Office: SB-123 > Phone: (480) 423-6213 > Fax: (480) 423-6298 > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=32835 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32835-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32836 or send a blank email to leave-32836-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
