“Walden Two” by B. F. Skinner

Biography.
• One of the most influential American psychologist of 20th century.
• Inveterate “gadget man” and a provocative self-publicist.
• Idea of operant conditioning.
Key aspects of operant conditioning.
Positive and negative.
Positive and negative.
“Frazier’s program was essentially a religious movement freed of any dallying with the supernatural and inspired by a determination to build heaven on earth. What could stop him?” (Burris) “The ordinary teacher spends a good share of her time changing the cultural and intellectual habits which the child acquires from its family and surrounding culture. Or else the teacher duplicates home training, in a complete waste of time. Here we can almost say that the school is the family, and vice versa.” (Frazier)
Character features of the commune (Chapter 4)
• “They were pleasant and well-mannered, yet perfectly candid; they were lively, but not boisterous; affectionate, but not effusive. But they were of another world, and I could not even be sure they were speaking a language I knew. A cold fear seized me.” (Burris)
• To put it simply, people were truthful, honest and straightforward.
• Expression of gratitude is forbidden toward others.
Criticism against system of education.
• Chapter 6
• “It’s a theatrical performance” (Frazier)
• Educational talks are useless, such talks are repeatable actions and boring.
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