B. F. Skinner (1904-1990 ) 回憶錄 (多部曲)；ABOUT BEHAVIORISM (1974)

2016年8月19日 星期五

B. F. Skinner (1904-1990 ) 回憶錄 (多部曲)

Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990), commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.^[2][3][4][5] He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner

B. F. Skinner died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on this day in 1990 (aged 86).

“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.”
― B.F. Skinner

The basic book about the controversial philosophy known as behaviorism, written by its leading exponent.

Particulars of My Life: Part One of an Autobiography, 1976
The Shaping of a Behaviorist: Part Two of an Autobiography, 1979.
A Matter of Consequences: Part Three of an Autobiography, 1983.

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Psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on this day in 1990 (aged 86).

“Compare two people, one of whom has been crippled by an accident, the other by an early environmental history which makes him lazy and, when criticized, mean. Both cause great inconvenience to others, but one dies a martyr, the other a scoundrel.”
―from ABOUT BEHAVIORISM (1974) by B. F. Skinner

The basic book about the controversial philosophy known as behaviorism, written by its leading exponent. READ more here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/about-behaviorism-by-…/