Reacting to BF Skinner's 1990 APA Speech | TCE #016
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Reacting to BF Skinner's 1990 APA Speech | TCE #016
In this episode, RyanO and Dimitri react to the final speech of BF Skinner delivered at the 1990 APA Convention. Links mentioned are below the contact form, and please reach out to us on Twitter or Instagram with your thoughts! Did you know you can call into the show here 24/7?
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Reacting to BF Skinner's 1990 APA Speech | TCE #016
Links for Today
0:00:30 Check out the video of Skinner's APA Convention keynote address in 1990
0:01:30 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan start the video and begin their commentary/review
0:02:18 Check out Ferster & Skinner's Schedules of Reinforcement (1957)
0:03:15 Check out Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of the APA
0:03:45 Check out the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
0:03:46 Check out the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA)
0:03:50 Check out the APA Convention
0:04:05 Check out our episode Is EAB Still Breathing? w/ Anita Li and Matthew Bell
0:06:15 Check out Watson's Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it (1913) - AKA 'The Behaviorist Manifesto'
0:06:30 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan discuss the timeline/history of the science of behavior
0:06:45 Check out Skinner's The Behavior of Organisms (1938)
0:08:16 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan discuss Skinner's method of advocating for the science of behavior
0:11:15 Topic: Ryan provides a quick run down on the history of Cognitive Psychology and Behaviorism
0:15:38 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan tie Skinner's speech to Selection by Consequences, Philosophy, and Functional Contextualism
0:24:55 Topic: Ryan and Dimitri debate various issues around whether or not this speech contributed to the divides in behavior analysis within and outside of the field
0:28:20 Check out Ogden Lindsley's (2013) Skinner on Measurement
0:38:08 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan review Skinner's statements on the use of vernacular
0:41:50 Check out Skinner's (1971) Beyond Freedom and Dignity
0:43:35 Topic: Ryan and Dimitri reflect on how these statements made by Skinner are still applicable today
0:47:45 Topic: Cognitivism = Creationism of Psychology?
0:56:45 Topic: Closing Comments
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