The FBI Files on B.F. Skinner
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Dr. Joe Wyatt, forensic psychologist and behavior analyst, pursued the FBI files on B.F. Skinner through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Among the findings were a strange interest in Skinner as a researcher, family man, and even his acquaintances and former teachers. Why Skinner was of interest to the United States government is unknown. What is known is that psychologists, and other academics, may become the target of a government investigation for political reasons.
Show Highlights:
- When Joe Wyatt first heard about the FBI files on B.F. Skinner. Politics and science.
- JFK orders an investigation of B.F. Skinner. Or did he?
- Skinner’s contribution to the war effort using pigeons to guide missiles.
- Investigations of Skinner past 1961.
- The “Domino Theory” of Communism.
- J. Edgar Hoover, iconic head of the FBI, for decades, may have had his own reasons for investigating potential communists as opposed to organized crime.
- Questions to ask today about the investigations of B.F. Skinner.
- The impact on Skinner himself.
- Why the reputation of powerful institutions can be their most powerful asset.
Dr. Wyatt’s Article on the FBI’s Investigation of B.F. Skinner:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.5210/bsi.v10i0.128.pdf
The Manchurian Candidate (1962):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Dr. Joseph Wyatt on Criminal Behaviorology, Two Prior Visits:
- The McMartin Sexual Abuse Trial: Operant Seeing and the Dangers of Expert Opinion (7.22.2022):
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/PrPqR4LIKtb
- Interview with the Forensic Psychologist – Dr. W. Joseph Wyatt discusses his long career as it is detailed in his book - The Breaking Point Killing: And Other True Cases of Murder and Malice (2.27.2019)
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/wkCsRx2IKtb
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