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...undergraduate at Harvard, Israeltook a psychology course with Skinner. Hisexposure to Skinner's theories of behaviorism andto the idea that people can be made perfect wouldaffect him for the rest of his life...
...Skinner, who taught at Harvard from 1947 to1974, believed people's behaviors fell into twotypes: voluntary, or "operant," and involuntary,or "reflexive." Through punishment and reward,Skinner believed people could learn to controltheir operant behaviors...
...could devise a way to condition peopleto live harmoniously, Skinner believed a communalutopia could exist. Skinner, in fact, took this sofar as to raise his daughters in glass "Skinnerboxes...
After a brief stint at Harvard Law School,Israel earned his Ph.D. in Harvard's psychologydepartment. He later did his post-doctoral work atHarvard with Skinner...
PRODUCTION: Trang Ba Chuong, Theresa Kelliher, L. Rufino-Armstrong (Supervisors); Silvia Castaneda Contreras, Michael Dohne, Garry Hearne, Sandra Maupin, Michael Skinner...