Questions and reflections on the works “The myth of freedom” and “Walden II”, by the American psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner, permeated the atmosphere of chat between Psychology students and professionals, on November 18th, when the Coffee date with Skinner. Informally, the group participating in the event tasted not only the author's concepts, but also sequilhos, coffee and chocolate.

In addition to professors and the coordinator of the Psychology course at Bahiana, Dr. Mônica Daltro, psychologists and behavior analysts, Emanoel Palma and Luciana Maria Assis, also participated in the meeting.

More about Skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner (Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1904 - Cambridge, August 18, 1990) was an American author and psychologist who conducted pioneering work in Experimental Psychology and was the proponent of Radical Behaviorism, an approach that seeks to understand behavior in function of the interrelationships between phylogenetics, the environment (culture) and the individual's life history.