This man examined the modifying effects of autoclitics in a book that described speech acts that demand a characteristic consequence, called "mands".
This man examined the modifying effects of autoclitics in a book that described speech acts that demand a characteristic consequence, called "mands". This man designed a rejected missile system driven by pecking birds for "Project Pigeon". This author of Verbal Behavior denied the existence of "autonomous man" in a book that argues for "cultural engineering" through a scientific (*) "technology of behavior". Another work by this inventor of the air crib describes a group of "planners, managers, workers, and scientists" living in a utopian community vaguely inspried by Thoreau. For 10 points, name this author of Beyond Freedom and Dignity and Walden Two, an American psychologist who developed a namesake box for operant conditioning.
This man examined the modifying effects of autoclitics in a book that described speech acts that demand a characteristic consequence, called "mands".
B.F. Skinner [or Burrhus Frederick Skinner]