| Activity | Behaviourism
University Qualifications and Professional Training:
BA English, Hamilton College, New York
MA Psychology, Harvard 1930
PhD, Harvard 1931,
Research, Harvard until 1936
Professional career:
Lecturer, University of Minnesota 1936
Chair of the psychology department at Indiana University, 1945
Research Harvard, 1948
Retired as Harvard's Professor of Psychology, 1974
Awards:
Warren Medal Award, Society of Experimental Psychologists, 1942
Humanist of the Year Award, American Humanist Association, 1972
National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
Gold Medal of the American Psychological Foundation, 1971
Citation for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology, 1990
Honorary Fellow BPS 1962
President of the Pavlovian Society, 1966 |
| PublishedWorks | The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis, 1938. ISBN 1-58390-007-1, ISBN 0-87411-487-X.
Walden Two, 1948. ISBN 0-87220-779-X (revised 1976 edition).
Science and Human Behavior, 1953. ISBN 0-02-929040-6. A free copy of this book (in a 1.6 MB .pdf file) may be downloaded at the B. F. Skinner Foundation web site BFSkinner.org.
Schedules of Reinforcement, with C. B. Ferster, 1957. ISBN 0-13-792309-0.
Verbal Behavior, 1957. ISBN 1-58390-021-7.
The Analysis of Behavior: A Program for Self Instruction, with James G. Holland, 1961. ISBN 0-07-029565-4.
The Technology of Teaching, 1968. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Library of Congress Card Number 68-12340 E 81290 ISBN 0-13-902163-9.
Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis, 1969. ISBN 0-390-81280-3.
Beyond Freedom and Dignity, 1971. ISBN 0-394-42555-3.
About Behaviorism, 1974. ISBN 0-394-49201-3, ISBN 0-394-71618-3.
Particulars of My Life: Part One of an Autobiography, 1976. ISBN 0-394-40071-2.
Reflections on Behaviorism and Society, 1978. ISBN 0-13-770057-1.
The Shaping of a Behaviorist: Part Two of an Autobiography, 1979. ISBN 0-394-50581-6.
Notebooks, edited by Robert Epstein, 1980. ISBN 0-13-624106-9.
Skinner for the Classroom, edited by R. Epstein, 1982. ISBN 0-87822-261-8.
Enjoy Old Age: A Program of Self-Management, with M. E. Vaughan, 1983. ISBN 0-393-01805-9.
A Matter of Consequences: Part Three of an Autobiography, 1983. ISBN 0-394-53226-0, ISBN 0-8147-7845-3.
Upon Further Reflection, 1987. ISBN 0-13-938986-5.
Recent Issues in the Analysis of Behavior, 1989. ISBN 0-675-20674-X.
Cumulative Record: A Selection of Papers, 1959, 1961, 1972 and 1999 as Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition. This book includes a reprint of Skinner's October 1945 Ladies' Home Journal article, "Baby in a Box", Skinner's original, personal account of the much-misrepresented "Baby in a box" device. ISBN 0-87411-969-3 (paperback) |