Memoirs and Family History of Bill and Trudy Skinner


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William Thomas Skinner was born 15 July 1930 in Nashville, Tennessee. His parents were Sam Ode Skinner (1903-1937) and Bessie Lee Rose (1904-1985). He married Gertrude "Trudy" May McConnell, daughter of Alton McConnell (1911-1992) and Lillian Emma Cole, 19 January 1952. They had four children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and England.




Skinner Family


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Skinner Family History


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The Skinner Family History


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The surname Skinner is an English trade and business name of approximately the twelfth century when trade names like Brewer, Baker, Chandler, and Smith came into existence as family names. Skinner is the name adopted as a dealer in skins, furs, and hides. The Skinner Company of London received a charter of incorporation during the reign of Edward III and has a coat of arms, which is discussed later from that period. The Skinner families are found all over England. The Skinner families are in Cowley and Devonshire in London and in Essex, Sussex, Dewlish, the Isle of Wight, and other counties as well. This book gives the history of the Skinner family from 1200 to the present time and connects six immigrants that is listed in the introduction of the book.




NGS Newsletter


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Book Review Index


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Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.




Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century


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Through ten examples of ingenious experiments by some of psychology's most innovative thinkers, Lauren Slater traces the evolution of the century's most pressing concerns—free will, authoritarianism, conformity, and morality. Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in a box, Slater takes us from a deep empathy with Stanley Milgram's obedience subjects to a funny and disturbing re-creation of an experiment questioning the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. Previously described only in academic journals and textbooks, these often daring experiments have never before been narrated as stories, chock-full of plot, wit, personality, and theme.




A History of Modern Psychology in Context


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In A History of Modern Psychology in Context, the authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people, or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead, psychology is portrayed as a network of scientific and professional practices embedded in specific contexts. The narrative is informed by three key concepts—indigenization, reflexivity, and social constructionism—and by the fascinating interplay between disciplinary Psychology and everyday psychology.