behavioranalysishistory / 1950s
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1950s

Areas of Research

Behavioral pharmacology

Schedules of reinforcement

Stimulus control

Stimulus generalization

 

Selected Historical Publications

Sidman, M. (2002). Notes from the beginning of time. The Behavior Analyst, 25, 3-13

 

Sidman, M. (1989). Avoidance at Columbia. The Behavior Analyst, 12, 191-195

 

People 

B.F. Skinner

Charles Ferster

Clarence Graham

Claude Shannon

Donald Blough

Donald A. Cook

Francis Mechner

Fred Keller

Irv Geller

J.R. Kantor

Jim Dinsmoor

Joe Antonitis

Joe Brady

Mike Kaplan

Murray Sidman

Nat Schoenfeld

Ogden Lindsley

Peter Dews

Phil Bersh

Ralph Hefferline

Thom Verhave

Victor Laties

William Morse

 

Events of Note

Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB) formed in October 1957.

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB) began publication in 1958.

 

Additional Information

1950s - from Mechner and Sidman interviews