1. B.F. Skinner
Heidi Zorn 

2. Childhood Born 1904 in Susquehanna, PA
Skinner was expected to be a lawyer from birth
Edward (Ebbie) was his younger brother
Ebbie was the favorite

3. Late Adolescence
Moved to Scranton for Father's new position (Coal Company senior counsel) 
Worked hard to have a love life 
Wanted a career in creative writing 

4. College Went to Hamilton College in New York
Ridiculed for his intellect 
Ebbie died at 16 (1923) of a cerebral hemorrhage
Fred took the death hard, William did also (burst into tears at thought of Ebbie) 

5. Dark Year Graduated and wanted to write a novel and get a job
Father offered him manager's position at Coal Company 
Fred was hesitant but had no career plans (doubts about his future)

6. Grad School Entered Harvard grad school for psychology
Decided he wanted to be in a university setting 
Skinner Box was created 
Fred Keller told Skinner that "he could make a science out of the study of behavior" 

7. Ph.D
Finished his Ph.D, but didn’t leave to continue to do research (31-36) 
Came up with operant conditioning 
Mixed views from behaviorists; felt unappreciated 
"Womanizer"

8. Adulthood "Eve" Blue became his wife (1936)
She was intelligent and rebellious 
Moved to Minnesota
Both stated neither was happy in their marriage 

9. Julie and Deborah Eve didn't have motherly instincts
When Deborah was born Skinner created a crib to tend to his children "baby tender"  
Deborah's home for 2 ½ years
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10. Pigeons 
1940- Skinner wondered if pigeons could be trained to be bombers
1942- took sabbatical to work on project 
Developed effective bird technology for a wide range of targets
Turned down by the government 
ns-and-strategy/second-world- war/project-orcon-pidgeon-guided- missile/   (2:17 )

11. Baby Tender 
Thermostatically controlled,  baby needed to be washed 1/week, eliminated rashes, helped mother with daily routine 
"baby in a box" title led to bad press 
James Judd- Display Associates helped Skinner commercialize it 
Julian Bobbs- Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Compnay 
John Gray 

12. Another New Job 1946 Chair of Psychology at Indiana University
William bought Fred and Eve a new house 
Bill Verplank
Moved back for Harvard teaching job 

13. Walden Two Wrote about a utopian society based off of behaviorism 1945
Wanted societies like this to pop up and survive 
1971- visited Two Oaks 
Cover of Time Magazine for Walden Two and Beyond Freedom and Dignity 

14. Late Years Kept himself on a very strict schedule
Japanese friend sent him a beddoe in 1980's
Went to conferences to upstand colleagues
Worked on 3 volume biography-1300 pages
Became very ill
Fell down stairs hit head; lead to subdural hematoma 
Found out he was anemic and had leukemia 
8 days before death gave 20 minute speech at APA convention

15. Discussion Questions 
Skinner mentioned later in life that cognitive psychology was "mentalism" because the mind is unpredictable and unmeasurable. What do you think Skinner would think of cognitive psychology now? What would he think of cognitive behavioral therapy?
Skinner was impacted heavily by Ebbie's death. How do you think this impacted his career?
Skinner was a major behaviorist, however, he did not raise his children on behaviorist principles. Why do you think this is?