B. F. Skinner
Burris Frederic Skinner was born on March 20th, 1904 in Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania. His mother, Grace M. Burrhus, was a stenographer and a secretary,
in a law office and later in a railroad chief executive's office. His father,
William A. Skinner, was an attorney, who studied law with another local attorney
at a New York Law School. Skinner's parents were both good students. His father
had bought several sets of books, so there was a lot of reading material their
children. Skinner said that his parents never used physical punishment, except
for the time they washed his mouth out with soap for bad language. (Ulrich,
1997) B. F. Skinner was very adventurous child. He lead a 300 mile canoe trip
down the Susquehanna River when he was only 13 years old. He was a natural
inventor and he loved build things. One of his inventions included a device that
automatically reminded him to hang up his pajamas in the morning. He played the
saxophone in a jazz band during high......
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