B.F. Skinner was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1904. He got married in his early 30s to a woman named Yvonne. Together they had two children named Julie and Debbie. He attended Harvard after a short writing career in Manhattan to study psychology. B.F. Skinner was a professor at Indiana 1945-1948 and at Harvard 1948-1974. In the article “Skepticism of Caricatures: B.F. Skinner Turns 100” Scott T. Gaynor stated, “He was one of the most influential and controversial psychologists of the twentieth century.” Sadly, on August 18th, 1990, B.F. Skinner passed away from leukemia.
SIRS: Skepticism of Caricatures: B.F. Skinner Turns 100
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