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A Chronology of the Events Detailed inThe Tyranny of Ambiguitybeing an account of the development of the system of behaviour analysis calledProcedural Analysis |
Some readers of the First Edition of TOA expressed confusion as to when the events detailed in The Tyranny of Ambiguity took place. The book is in strict chronological order, and I was concerned not to have the book seem dated even on its publication. Hence the dates were not emphasized. The chronology is fairly easily established by the explicit statement of the start of Experiment 1 and subsequent references to the passage of the seasons, and other pointers. However, to clarify, a list of dates by section is given below. In the Second Edition the date is stated explicitly at the top of the chapter.
Simon G. Sheppard
June 1992.
July 1992.
July-August 1992.
August 1992.
August 1992.
August 1992.
August 1992.
September 1992. (The Signals Day was 3 September 1992.)
September 1992.
September 1992.
September 1992.
September 1992.
Survey 1 was undertaken September – October 1992.
November 1992. The incident relating to Neurotic Suspension (‘The Bystander Effect’) detailed in the Footnote on p. 250 occurred on 21 August 1993.
November 1992.
December 1992.
December 1992 – January 1993.
Written in London February 1993.
February 1993.
February 1993.
April 1993. Queen’s Day was 29 April 1993.
Survey 2 undertaken 29 May 1993 – 24 July 1993.
July – September 1993.
July – September 1993.
September 1993.
Spring 1994.
April – June 1994.
October 1994.
– January 1995.