Background
Galanter, Eugene was born on October 27, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Max and Sarah (Honigman) Galanter.
(2013 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the origi...)
2013 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. By 1960, psychology had come to be dominated by behaviorism and learning theory, which emphasized the observable stimulus and response components of human and animal behavior while ignoring the cognitive processes that mediate the relationship between the stimulus and response. The cognitive phenomena occurring within the "black box" between stimulus and response were of little interest to behaviorists, as their mathematical models worked without them. In 1960, the book "Plans and the Structure of Behavior," authored by George A. Miller, Eugene Galanter, and Karl H. Pribram, was published. In this volume, Miller and his colleagues sought to unify the behaviorists' learning theory with a cognitive model of learned behavior. Whereas the behaviorists suggested that a simple reflex arc underlies the acquisition of the stimulus-response relationship, Miller and his colleagues proposed that "some mediating organization of experience is necessary" somewhere between the stimulus and response, in effect a cognitive process which must include monitoring devices that control the acquisition of the stimulus-response relationship. They named this fundamental unit of behavior the T.O.T.E. for "Test - Operate - Test - Exit".
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Galanter, Eugene was born on October 27, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Max and Sarah (Honigman) Galanter.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1950; A.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1953.
From instructor to professor psychology University Pennsylvania, 1952—1959. Senior research fellow Harvard University, 1956—1958, Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1958-1959. Chairman department psychology University Washington, 1962-1964, professor, 1964-1966.
Joseph Klingenstein visiting professor social psychology Columbia University, New York City, 1966-1967, professor psychology, 1967—2007, professor emeritus, since 2007. Consultant National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, also to industry. Member Council for Biology in Human Affairs.
Chairman commission on biology, learning and behavior Salk Institute. Founder Children's Computer School, 1980, sold to CompuServe, 1984. Founder, chairman board directors Children's Progress Inc., since 1999.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, Acoustical Society of America, New York Academy of Sciences. Member Eastern Psychological Association, Association Aviation Psychologists (president 1970-1971), Human Factors Society, International Society for Psychophysics, Sigma Xi (past chapter president).
Married Patricia Anderson, December 22, 1962. Children: Alicia, Gabrielle, Michelle.