B.F. SKINNER (1904 - 1990)

Nascimento: 20/03/1904.

Local: Susquehanna Depot, Estado da Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos.

Morte: 18/08/1990.

Local: Cambridge, Estado de Massachusets, Estados Unidos.

Aperfeiçoador da Teoria do Behaviorismo (Comportamento Humano), abordagem científica antes estudada pelo cientista russo Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) e por outro norte-americano, John B. Watson (1878-1958), Skinner recria essa teoria, rebatizando-a de Behaviorismo Radical.

OBRAS

The Behavior of Organisms. An Experimental Analysis (1938)

Superstition in the Pigeon (1947)

How to Teach Animals: Scientific American Reprints, No. 428 (1951)

Science and Human Behavior (1953)

Schedules of Reinforcement (1957)

Cumulative Records: A Selection of Papers (1959, 1961 e 1972)

The Analysis of Behavior: A Program for Self Instruction (c/James G. Holland) (1961)

A Dialog on Education and the Control of Human Behavior (c/Carl Rogers) - Áudio em Cassette (1962)

Are Theories of Learning Necessary? (1963)

Contingences of Reinforcement. A Theoretical Analysis (1969)

Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971)

About Behaviorism (1974)

Particulars of My Life. Part One of an Autobiography (1976)

Reflections of Behaviorism and Society (1978)

The Shaping of a Behaviorist. Part Two of an Autobiography (1979)

Notebooks (1980)

Skinner for the Classroom (1982)

Enjoy Old Age: A Programa of Self-Management (c/E. Vaughan) (1983)

A Matter of Consequences. Part Three of an Autobiography (1983)

The Selection of Behavior: The Operant Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences (1988)

Recent Issues in the Analysis of Behavior (1989)

Skinner's Keynote Addresses: Lifetime of Scientific Contribution (1990)

Learning and Intelligence: Conversations with B.F. Skinner and R.H. Wheeler (1995)

Cumulative Records Definitive Edition (1999)

Combined Reflections: Reflections on Behaviorism and Upon Further Reflection (2014)

SUE GRAFTON (1940 - 2017)

OBRAS

Keziah Dane (1967)

The Lolly-Madonna War (1969)

"A" Is For Alibi (1982)

"B" Is For Burglar (1983)

"C" Is For Corpse (1985)

"D" Is For Deadbeat (1987)

"E" Is For Evidence (1988)

"F" IS For Fugitive (1989)

"G" Is For Gumshoe (1990)

"H" Is For Homicide (1991)

"I" Is For Innocent (1992)

"J" Is For Judgement (1993)

"K" Is For Killer (1994)

"L" Is For Lawless (1995)

"M" Is For Malice (1996)

"N" Is For Noose" (1998)

"O" Is For Outlaw (1999)

"P" Is For Peril (2001)

"Q" Is For Quarry (2002)

"R" Is For Ricochet (2004)

"S" Is For Silence (2005)

"T" Is For Trespass (2007)

"U" Is For Undertow (2009)

"V" Is For Vengeance (2011)

Kinsey and Me (2013)

"W" Is For Wasted (2013)

"X" (2015)

"Y" Is for Yesterday (2017)

Participações em antologias e outras obras:

Teaching a Child - Ensaio publicado na antologia Knitting Yarns - Writers in Knitting -W.W. Norton Company (2013)

The Lying Game - Conto publicado na revista Lands End, edição especial de 40 Anos (2003)