Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 2 Post author:B. F. Skinner Foundation Post published:April 2, 2019 Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day “Later I bought Russell’s Philosophy (1927), in which he treated a few mentalistic terms in a behavioristic way. Although I had never had a course in psychology, I became an instant behaviorist.” (pp.121-122) You Might Also Like Science and Human Behavior, Chapter 19: Social Behavior, Quote 6 December 5, 2016 About Behaviorism, Chapter 11: The Self and Others, Quote 26 August 14, 2017 About Behaviorism, Chapter 3: Innate Behavior, Quote 9 March 21, 2017