Paul,
You've written two posts and I'll try to answer your points.
I will "snip" some of your statements below in order to save
space and make the text more readable. I will number my
points in order to make them easier to refer to in subsequent
posts. Consider the following points:
(1) I don't
And remember the 'Two Freds' (Skinner and Keller) presentations at ABA
(Association for Behavior Analysis) meetings!
On Jan 17, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Ken Steele wrote:
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> A followup to Rick's comments.
>
> Skinner once described the following situation. (I am blanking on the
> source.) He had m
A followup to Rick's comments.
Skinner once described the following situation. (I am blanking on the
source.) He had made an off-the-cuff joke which produced a strong
reaction in his audience. He describes going back to his office and
trying to remember the words and intonation he used so he
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From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu]
A behavioral account might be relevant to certain situations but are unlikely
in others (e.g., how would a behaviorist explain satire?).
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
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>From a behavioral viewpoint verbal behavior IS behavior and obeys the same
>basic laws.
The -situations- in which it occurs are unique, leading to unique analyses
(there are journals filled with these).
And it's an oversimplification to say that
" Skinner did not believe in the study of cog
On Jan 17, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Gerald Peterson wrote:
> It appeared fine here. Enjoyed the reference too...and the picture.
Thanks. Perhaps it's a problem with our email system. I'll check into it.
Best,
Jeff
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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."
> wrote:
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>
> I'm going to try this again because it seems that my email consisted of a
> bunch of "mish-mosh." The joke a
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> Cc: Michael Palij
> Subject: Re:[tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner
>
> ... A behavioral account might be relevant to certain situations but are
> unlikely in others (e.g., how would a behaviorist explain satire?).
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota S
From: Mike Palij
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 8:36 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Michael Palij
Subject: Re:[tips] While we are on the topic of Skinner
... A behavioral account might be relevant to certain situations but are
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:39:53 -0600 (CST), Joan Warmbold wrote:
Carol--consider contacting the Skinner foundation via his daughter,
Julie
Vargas at opera...@bfskinner.org. Folks who knew Skinner have told me
that he had a wonderful sense of humor so bet he would have had an
opinion.
Certainly o
Carol--consider contacting the Skinner foundation via his daughter, Julie
Vargas at opera...@bfskinner.org. Folks who knew Skinner have told me
that he had a wonderful sense of humor so bet he would have had an
opinion.
Certainly ones life experiences and reference systems play an important
role,
Thanks, Mike and Paul (Paul responded back channel as he had already
squandered his posts yesterday :) )
Mike, I have read many of the things you mentioned and I'm familiar with
Darwin's take on it, as well as the changes through the centuries *vis a
vis *the various philosophers. I have not found
Skinner discusses humor on pages 285ff and 395 of Verbal Behavior (1957).
For a more contemporary account see Catania's LEARNING text (p264 in the 4th
edition (1999) -- there should be a similar analysis in the 5th, but I've lent
it to someone):
"Any verbal topography potentially can take on any
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:40:38 -0800, Carol DeVolder wrote:
>What sources should I look at to find a behaviorist view of laughter,
>mirth, and humor? I realize I'm being vague--that's on purpose. :)
A few points to consider:
(1) If you have not examined the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's
en
An interesting question!
A quick browse through the contents of a few behavioral journals didn't turn up
anything;
behaviorists usually either examine basic processes, or practical solutions to
problems.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's something in Skinner's Verbal Behavior (he
had something
What sources should I look at to find a behaviorist view of laughter,
mirth, and humor? I realize I'm being vague--that's on purpose. :)
Thanks,
Carol
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