ABSTRACT
The year 1904 was a very good year for psychology. Donald Hebb, the man to whom this book is dedicated, was born that year, on July 22. So too, and only 3 days later, was Jack Hilgard, whose work on divided consciousness and neo-dissociation Hebb so much admired. And finally, B. F. Skinner, whose work Hebb admired somewhat less, was also born in 1904. It is perhaps unclear what relevance Skinner’s radical behaviorism has for this symposium. But I am persuaded that there is an important sense in which Skinner’s work speaks to the notion of dissociation. Perhaps a few quotations from Skinner will set the stage for my subsequent remarks.
