Open AccessJack Michael, Behavior Analyst
Author(s) -
Henry D. Schlinger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the analysis of verbal behavior/the analysis of verbal behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2196-8926
pISSN - 0889-9401
DOI - 10.1007/s40616-021-00155-4
Subject(s) - psychology , reputation , applied behavior analysis , literal (mathematical logic) , psychoanalysis , sociology , developmental psychology , philosophy , linguistics , social science , autism
Jack Michael was the quintessential behavior analyst. Despite his reputation as a theoretician and expert in verbal behavior and on Skinner's book Verbal Behavior , Jack was actually an applied behavior analyst in the literal sense before anyone had coined the term. Prior to becoming one of Jack's doctoral students at Western Michigan University, I was a behavior-analytic neophyte. After I graduated and began my own teaching (modeled after Jack's behavior-analytic method of teaching) and thinking and writing about behavior analysis, I found myself talking and thinking like Jack. He had a similar behavior changing effect not only on many of his other students, but also on others who had the good fortune to know him.