Person of the Issue: - Burrhus Frederick Skinner (1904-1990)

1. 1904: Born on March 20th. 2. 1930: Initiated research in reflexes. 3. 1930-31: Received Harvard Fellowship. 4. 1936: Married Yvonne Blue. 5. 1938: The Behavior of Organisms was published. 6. 1942: Awarded the Warren Medal by the Society of Experimental Psychologists. 7. 1945: Skinner took over the Psychology Department at the University of Indiana where he developed the Teaching Machine and Air crib 8. 1948: Walden Two was published. 9. 1948: Skinner began his research with pigeons. 10. 1949: Elected president of the Midwestern Psychological Association 11. 1950: (Late 1950's) Psychology: A study of a science 12. 1953: The Analysis of Behavior; American Psychologist. 13. 1956: Fixed interval schedule of reinforcement described. 14. 1957: Ferster and Skinner published Schedules of Reinforcement which described relative performances under CRF to a VR, FI, or VI schedules. 15. 1957: Introduced the term "Verbal Behavior". 16. 1966: Skinner introduced the concept of critical period in reinforcing an event. 17. 1966: Elected president of the Pavlovian Society. 18. 1968: Skinner identified the critical characteristics of programmed instruction. 19. 1971: Published Beyond Freedom and Dignity. 20. 1972: Received the Humanist of the Year Award by the American Humanist Association. 21. 1974: Retired as Harvard's Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology. 22. 1983: Published Enjoying Old Age. 23. 1990: Skinner died on August 18th.