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...Burrhus F. Skinner, professor of Psychology, yesterday attacked "Look magazine for a pictorial feature on his work and termed it "very inaccurate...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Skinner Calls Mag. Article's Quotes 'False | 5/3/1952 | See Source »

...Professor Burrhus Frederick Skinner ever got tired of teaching and writing about psychology, he would have no trouble at all finding a job as an animal trainer. And there are those who believe that Skinner probably would be better suited to the circus than to the psychological laboratories. His critics, however, ignore the fact that Skinner's experiments with pigeons, rats and dogs are providing a concrete basis for the eventual understanding of human behavior...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Scientific Psychologist | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

Garrett Birkhoff '32, professor of Mathematics; Harvey Brooks, professor of Applied Science; Harry T. Levin '33, professor of English; Williard V. Quine, professor of Philosophy; Burrhus F. Skinner, professor of Psychology; John C. Snyder, professor of Microbiology; Edger S. Wilson Jr., professor of Chemistry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex Junior Fellows Now on College Faculty | 5/24/1951 | See Source »

...spirited but good-natured debate with Burrhus F. Skinner's '31, professors of Psychology, Aiken attacked Skinner's recent noval "Walden Two" for ". . . distracting people from doing something about the present by proposing a hypothetical future." The debate, sponsored by the Student Association for Natural and Social Sciences, took place before a capacity crowd in Harvard Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aiken Attacks 'Utopia' Idea In Discussing Skinner Novel | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...opposing schools of psychology will clash on the subject of "Utopia" tonight in Harvard 6 when Henry David Aiken '40, associate professor of Philosophy, and Burrhus Frederick Skinner '31, professor of Psychology, speak under the auspices of the Students' Association for the Natural and Social Sciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SANSS Presents Aiken, Skinner on 'Utopias' Tonight | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

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