How is Burrhus pronounced?
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu -----Original Message----- From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:09 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Who put the BF in Skinner? If I had a name like "Burrhus" I'd probably do the same thing. Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Paul Brandon wrote: > Besides, he never liked his given first name, and much preferred > 'Fred'. > Anecdote: > I got this story from C. B. (Charlie) Ferster; one of Skinner's > first grad students: > Ferster (a frequent visitor at Skinner's home) once walked into > Skinner's living room to find Skinner seated on a sofa with a sign > around his neck saying FRED. > > On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Jim Dougan wrote: > >> At 12:22 PM 12/16/2009, you wrote: >> >> >>> I could swear that your students will not know.Btw,why is he the >>> only behavioral scienist we address with his first two inititials? >>> We do not say P Brandon,C Green, S Black,or C Hull,so why the BF >>> Skinner? >>> Was there a Jaywalking episode where Jay Leno asked people what the >>> BF stands for in BF Skinner? >> >> I am told by my graduate advisor (F.K. McSweeney) that it is >> something of a Harvard tradition to publish that way. Herrnstein >> sometimes went as R.J. Herrnstein. Stevens went by S.S. Stevens, >> etc. They are respectively called "Fran" Dick" and "Smitty" by >> friends - but they published using initials. Of course, Skinner's >> friends called him "Fred" so he does not break the pattern. >> >> Of course there is JER Staddon and MEP Seligman if we want to go to >> 3 initials. >> >> -- J.D. Dougan > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > paul.bran...@mnsu.edu > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
