What is the story of B.F. Skinners daughter?

Question

I heard that B's daughter was raised using his theories of behaviorism(in a bubble, conditioned 24/7) how did she turn out? Was he able to do what he intended?

Answer 1

It's not true. He made a special crib that was supposed to make babies feel more comfortable because of climate control, air purification and soforth. The idea that he performed experiments on his children is a myth. The never claimed to "hate" him or be bitter about anything like that.

Answer 2

You mean in a "Skinner Box". The story is myth; she became a Psychologist (belonging to the Behaviorist School, of course). Will send what she had to say about this Very Tall Tale after supper!

Answer 3

It was a rumor without merit. Thanks for asking this because I always thought she was messed up, but when I looked it up on Wikipedia I found that those were rumors!
Here:
Rumors
One often-repeated story claims that Skinner ventured into human experiments by raising his daughter Deborah in a Skinner box, which led to life-long mental illness and a bitter resentment towards her father. Accounts of Deborah's supposed suicide in a bowling alley in Montana even made it to scholarly papers.

In fact, the baby tender, air-crib, or "Heir Conditioner," a humorous term for Skinner's baby tender, was heated, had filtered air, with the approximate space of any other child's crib. It was designed to make the baby more confident, more comfortable, less sick, less prone to cry, and so on. Reportedly it had some success in these goals.[1]. Air-cribs were later commercially manufactured by several companies, most successfully by T.M.I. (Teaching Machines Incorporated). Air-cribs of some fashion are still used to this day, and publications continue to dispel myths about, and tout the progressive advantages of Skinner's original.

In 2004, psychologist and author Lauren Slater published a book, Opening Skinner's Box, which mentioned claims that Deborah Skinner (now Deborah Skinner Buzan) unsuccessfully sued her father for abuse, and later committed suicide. In response, Buzan herself came forward and denounced the story as nothing more than outrageous rumors.[2]. Buzan wrote, "there's the story that after my father 'let me out', I became psychotic. Well, I didn't. That I sued him in a court of law is also untrue. And, contrary to hearsay, I didn't shoot myself in a bowling alley in Billings, Montana. I have never even been to Billings, Montana."[1]

The Church of Scientology often repeats the rumor about Skinner raising his baby in a box. Freedom Magazine and its online incarnation report that Skinner used a Skinner box on his baby, writing under his picture, "B.F. SKINNER created experimental 'Skinner Boxes' — small, enclosed containers for animals, with signaling levers and food chutes — even fashioning a 'baby box' version to monitor and modify his own infant daughter’s behavior."[3] The Church of Scientology also has a "Psychiatry and Industry of Death Museum" in Los Angeles, California that repeats the claim about Skinner raising his baby in a Skinner box.

Answer 4

The bubble burst.

Answer 5

i heard that he did raise her that way, unfortunately i dont think anyone ever met her to say whether or not she turned out ok

Answer 6

http://www.snopes.com/science/skinner.asp