It's been done -- just not by Skinner. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu
On Jun 8, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > > I'm not sure what problem there would be with a bar to press or a button to > push in a crib. If you can teach pigeons to read that way > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA it should work on kids, too. > > Rick Stevens > Psychology Department > University of Louisiana at Monroe > stevens.r...@gmail.com > SL - Evert Snook > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > [snip] > > Part of the problem might be with the colloquial use of the term > "Skinner box". Traditionally, an operant chamber was informally > referred to as a Skinner box but when people started to refer to > the air crib as a Skinner box it is quite possible that people might > have though Deborah Skinner was being forced to bar press or > peck at a lit disk in order to get food, water, and/or attention. > > ... > > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: stevens.r...@gmail.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38d&n=T&l=tips&o=10897 > or send a blank email to > leave-10897-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: paul.bran...@mnsu.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b&n=T&l=tips&o=10900 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-10900-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.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=10901 or send a blank email to leave-10901-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
