<p>Morton Edward Bitterman—called “Jeff” for as long as he could remember—was born January 19, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Harry Bitterman, a furrier, and Stella Weiss Bitterman, a practical nurse. Jeff had planned to be a lawyer, but as a sophomore at New York University he took an introductory course given by G. B. Vetter, a radical Watsonian behaviorist who influenced him to major in psychology. Later, it was research with T. C. Schneirla that finally led Jeff to give up law school and pursue graduate work in comparative psychology at Columbia University. There he obtained a master's degree with C. J. Warden but was drawn to study with H. S. Liddell at Cornell University, where he did Pavlovian conditioning studies with sheep on what was then known as the “behavior farm.”</p> <p>Bitterman obtained his doctorate in 1945 and remained at Cornell as a professor until moving to the University of Texas (UT) in 1950 at the invitation of K. M. Dallenbach, a former mentor at Cornell. During “Religious Emphasis Week” at UT Austin, he failed to cover a religious topic in his class, leading the dean to inform him that talents like his should
Morton Edward Bitterman (1921–2011)
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<p>Morton Edward Bitterman—called “Jeff” for as long as he could remember—was born January 19, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Harry Bitterman, a furrier, and Stella Weiss Bitterman, a practical nurse. Jeff had planned to be a lawyer, but as a sophomore at New York University he took an introductory course given by G. B. Vetter, a radical Watsonian behaviorist who influenced him to major in psychology. Later, it was research with T. C. Schneirla that finally led Jeff to give up law school and pursue graduate work in comparative psychology at Columbia University. There he obtained a master's degree with C. J. Warden but was drawn to study with H. S. Liddell at Cornell University, where he did Pavlovian conditioning studies with sheep on what was then known as the “behavior farm.”</p> <p>Bitterman obtained his doctorate in 1945 and remained at Cornell as a professor until moving to the University of Texas (UT) in 1950 at the invitation of K. M. Dallenbach, a former mentor at Cornell. During “Religious Emphasis Week” at UT Austin, he failed to cover a religious topic in his class, leading the dean to inform him that talents like his shouldPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Morton Edward Bitterman (1921–2011)
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