Box-reared babies, mechanical maids, and robot nurses: B. F. Skinner and better living in 1950s America
(2001) Box-reared babies, mechanical maids, and robot nurses: B. F. Skinner and better living in 1950s America. In Proceedings CHEIRON: The Inernational Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Bloomington, IN.
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Abstract
In this paper, I examine the popular reception of B.F. Skinner's baby tender in 1950s America. I contextualize diverse public opinion about the device in two prominent themes in American social thought during this period - discourse on better living through household technology, and discourse about parenting styles influenced by the popularization of psychoanalysis.
| EPrint Type: | Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | baby box, air crib, technology of behavior, Skinner |
| Subjects: | History > Social Psychology > Behaviorism |
| ID Code: | 19 |
| Deposited By: | Rutherford, Alexandra |
| Deposited On: | 07 September 2001 |