Rather, Skinner was a firm believer in serendipity. The actual story (as related by BFS in the BofO) was that it was Friday, he was running out of food reinforcer pellets (which he hand made with a pharmacist's pill roller) and decided to see if he could stretch out his pellet supply by skipping some of the pellet deliveries. Skinner was more positive than Murphy.
On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:27 AM, michael sylvester wrote: " Whatever will go wrong will go wrong" so states Murphy's law.I guess Skinner would probably imply that whatever goes wrong snould bestudied.It<http://studied.It> is my understanding that Skinner developed some informal principles of learning.It<http://learning.It> is also my understanding that he formalized the ratio schedules of reinforcement because some rat chow got jammed in the dispenser pellet magazine. Michael "eccentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu<mailto:paul.bran...@mnsu.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3049 or send a blank email to leave-3049-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
