B.F. Skinner

1 Book Summaries
- 1.1 Beyond Freedom and Dignity
- 1.2 Cumulative Record
  - 1.2.1 Some Quantitative Properties of Anxiety (Part IX)
  - 1.2.2 How to Teach Animals (Part IX)
- 1.3 The Technology of Teaching

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Bibliography on Wikipedia:

1938 - The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis, 1938. ISBN 1-58390-007-1, ISBN 0-87411-487-X.
1948 - Walden Two, 1948. ISBN 0-87220-779-X (revised 1976 edition).
1953 - 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 BFSkinner.org.
1957 - Schedules of Reinforcement, with C. B. Ferster, 1957. ISBN 0-13-792309-0.
1957 - Verbal Behavior, 1957. ISBN 1-58390-021-7.
1961 - The Analysis of Behavior: A Program for Self Instruction, with James G. Holland, 1961. This self-instruction book is no longer in print, but the B. F. Skinner Foundation web site has an interactive version. ISBN 0-07-029565-4.
1968 - The Technology of Teaching, 1968. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Library of Congress Card Number 68-12340 E 81290
1969 - Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis, 1969. ISBN 0-390-81280-3.
1971 - Beyond Freedom and Dignity, 1971. ISBN 0-394-42555-3.
1974 - About Behaviorism, 1974. ISBN 0-394-49201-3, ISBN 0-394-71618-3.
1976 - Particulars of My Life: Part One of an Autobiography, 1976. ISBN 0-394-40071-2.
1978 - Reflections on Behaviorism and Society, 1978. ISBN 0-13-770057-1.
1979 - The Shaping of a Behaviorist: Part Two of an Autobiography, 1979. ISBN 0-394-50581-6.
1980 - Notebooks, edited by Robert Epstein, 1980. ISBN 0-13-624106-9.
1982 - Skinner for the Classroom, edited by R. Epstein, 1982. ISBN 0-87822-261-8.
1983 - Enjoy Old Age: A Program of Self-Management, with M. E. Vaughan, 1983.
1983 - A Matter of Consequences: Part Three of an Autobiography, 1983. ISBN 0-394-53226-0, ISBN 0-8147-7845-3.
1987 - Upon Further Reflection, 1987. ISBN 0-13-938986-5.
1989 - Recent Issues in the Analysis of Behavior, 1989. ISBN 0-675-20674-X.
1999 - 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)

Early 1970s - B. F. Skinner on Education - Part I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHmFZyKEVY
- They mention "Beyond Freedom & Dignity" in the intro. That book came out in 1971.
1:10 - Q: A lot of people misunderstand what you mean when you talk about freedom and control. I'd like to give you the chance to clarify yourself via an example: suppose one child is dependent on the teacher when doing an assignment, The other child is independent and seems to love learning for its own sake. Which child is more free?
1:50 - A: The "independent" child may be independent of the teacher but isn't independent of reinforcers. He's simply being reinforced by more sophisticated reinforcers.
2:30 - The indepndent one is further advanced. The teacher should aim to try to wean students from their dependencies just like a therapist should wean their client.
3:29 - There's no freedom in either case. The children FEEL free, but they're still under the control of other reinforcers.
3:55 - Q: You've written that our educational environments are defective. How would teachers within this environment go about helping the child modify his learning behavior?

1987 - A THINKING AID
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... 2-0080.pdf

1990.08.10 - APA Annual Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-GKbcSFNo

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "The Case against Freedom"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD3VvDIhAhE

B. F. Skinner Lectures Psychiatrists and Psychologists. Part 1/7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VZUjncC_SY

2012(?) - Yale - Intro to Psych - Skinner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKK6r15fro
- I skipped to the end where he talks about criticisms of behaviorism. I actually thought it was really interesting. I should listen to the rest of the lecture.