B. F. Skinner Lectures Psychiatrists and Psychologists. Part 1/7

B. F. Skinner lectures professionals about Operant Analysis, Therapy, Depression,
and answers questions from the audience.

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Education

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• B. F. Skinner
• psychology
• behavior therapy
• psychiatry
• operant analysis.

[bfsfan100]

Absolutely fantastic upload. Can I be cheeky and ask for a description of the time, date and location and if possible the introduction and conclusion to the filming. Usually with such a show there would be a formal introduction and a closing thank you.

Video/Audio links: Google Vimeo, then search B F Skinner (J Michael on BFS). Google Internet Archive, then search  B F Skinner (Open Mind video on freedom and audio of B F Skinner speech accepting Humanist award).

[mracar]

Thank you very much for sharing such a good thing. It´s great!

[bfsfan100]

@bfsfan100 Cognitive psychologistd accepted Chomsky's review without question, with other 'behaviorist' confident he was attacking Skinner's distinct behaviorism not theirs, when in reality the contrary was the case. The easy acceptance of Chomsky's review typifies psychology in general, it is fad driven. One of the oppositions favorite sayings is that Behaviorism is dead!!! Skinners work is alive and well in the field now called Applied Behavior Analysis!!!

[bfsfan100]

About Chomsky. His review of verbal behavior was completely manufactured on false premises (It is believed by many that he did not even read the book Verbal Behavior. He certainly did not read the prerequisite book Science and Human Behavior (1953)). Chomsky was talking about language; grammar, syntax etc., and S-R psych. Skinner was talking about verbal BEHAVIOR and response-reinforcement (R-S) psych. See kenneth maccorquodale (1970) and BF Skinner On Having a Poem 1971 (mp3). Google!!!

[altiris]

the more I study psychology the more I get into behaviorism, not a radical view however for the well being of a human being point of view. thanks for the upload

[jodianne1988]

I reading up about him now, i live in Jamaica i love the fact that he studied behaviorism... i believe in it too. loving my new book introduction to psychology! yaaa

[xsvmaster]

@Dymdez Also, I like how this is an intelligent conversation happening on...GASP...THE INTERNET!

[xsvmaster]

@Dymdez There have been critiques of Chomsky's review. If Skinner was wrong (and let's assume he was for a moment) it was mostly on Verbal Behavior. Verbal Behavior was NOT Skinner's entire career.

[Dymdez]

@xsvmaster Well, you're the one that mentioned Chomsky's Verbal Behavior so you must be familiar with the arguments against Skinner. I found Chomsky's review quite convincing. Apparently the entire cognitive scientific community did as well. The burden of proof isn't on me to explain why he is wrong, his claims must be backed up with evidence first.

[xsvmaster]

@jamieblond1 HI-YO!

[xsvmaster]

@Dymdez How so?

[Dymdez]

@xsvmaster What things was he right about? To my knowledge he asserted that human behavior can be scientifically accounted for. And because of this assertion he concluded that society could optimize itself by understanding these inevitable behaviors. I always have thought this was completely insane.