M. Jackson Marr

	M. Jackson Marr	(404) 894-2635
	General Experimental
	Ph.D. (1966) Experimental Psychology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Professor Emeritus of Psychology

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BIOSKETCH

            M. Jackson (Jack) Marr received the BS degree in 1961 from Georgia Tech where he studied mathematics, physics, and psychology  He received a Ph.D. in experimental psychology with a minor in physiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966.  He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia Tech where he has taught courses in the experimental analysis of behavior, physiology and behavior, behavioral pharmacology, and probability & statistics.  He is one of five founding Fellows of the Association for Behavior Analysis, a Fellow of Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of the American Psychological Association, Past-President of the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, Past-President of both the Association for Behavior Analysis and Division 25 of APA.  He is the Editor of Behavior and Philosophy, currently serves as Review Editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and the Co-Editor of Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta.  He has also served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and The Behavior Analyst.  He was Experimental Representative to the Executive Council of the Association for Behavior Analysis, served on the Board of Directors of The Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQAB), and currently serves on the Board of Trustees the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.  He has been particularly active in the international support and development of behavior analysis in Europe, Mexico, China, and the Middle East.  He was a Research Fellow in Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School, a visiting professor at the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, and the first Eminent Scholar invited to Jacksonville State University.  He was a Navy contractor for Project Sanguine in a study of possible behavioral effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields.  As an AIEE Senior Fellow at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, he conducted research on the effects of microwaves as reinforcers for operant behavior and the effects of stimulant drugs on sustained military flight performance.  His primary current research interests include the development of instructional systems for teaching engineering physics, dynamical systems theory, the quantitative analysis of behavior, comparative behavior analysis at Zoo Atlanta, assessment methods for engineering and science education, and theoretical/conceptual issues in behavioral analysis.

Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Behavioral Pharmacology Society
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Psychological Association (Fellow)
American Psychological Society
American Society for Engineering Education
Association for Behavior Analysis International (Fellow)
Psychonomic Society
Sigma Xi
Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
 Recent Professional Activities
Editor, Behavior and Philosophy
Review Editor, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Editor (English Language) Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta
Editorial Board, The Behavior Analyst
Past President, Association for Behavior Analysis International
Chair, Fellows Selection Committee, Association for Behavior Analysis International
Past President, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis
Past President, Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of the American Psychological Association
Past President, Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis
Board of Directors, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Board of Directors, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
 Selected Publications

• Marr, M.J., Thomas, E.W., Benne, M.R., Thomas, A., Hume, R.M.  (1999).  Development of instructional systems for teaching an electricity and magnetism course for engineers.  American Journal of Physics. 67, 789-802.
• Marr, J.  (2000).  Happiest thought: Dynamics and behavior.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 107-108.
• Marr, J.  (2000).  What is the net worth?  Some thoughts on neural networks and behavior.  Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta, 26, 273-287.
• Thomas, A., Benne, M.R., Marr, M.J., Thomas, E.W., & Hume, R.M.  (2000).  The evidence remains stable: The MBTI predicts attraction and attrition in an engineering program.  Journal of Psychological Types, 55, 35-42.
• Marr, M.J.  (2003).  The stitching and the unstitching: What can behavior analysis have to say about creativity?  The Behavior Analyst, 26, 15-27.
• Bashaw, M.J., Bloomsmith, M.A., Maple, T.L., & Marr, M.J.  (2003).  To hunt or not to hunt: A feeding enrichment experiment with captive wild felids.  Zoo Biology, 22, 189-198.
• Marr, M.J.  (2003)  Frames and relations: A review of Relational Frame Theory.  Contemporary Psychology, 48, 526-529.
• Marr, J.  (2003).  Empiricism.  In K.A. Lattal & P. Chase (Eds.).  Behavior Theory and Philosophy (pp. 63-81).  NY: Kluver Academic.
• Marr, J.  (2003)  The what, the how, and the why: The Explanation of Ernst Mach.  Behavior and Philosophy,31, 181-192
• Marr, M. Jackson (2004). Dimension in Action and the Problem of Behavioral Units. In Jose´ Burgos & Emilio Ribes (Eds.), Theory, Basic and Applied Research, and Technological Applications in Behavioral Science: Conceptual and Methodological Issues (pp. 151-177). Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Marr, M. Jackson (2006). Through the looking glass: Symmetry in behavior principles? The Behavior Analyst, 29, 125-128.
• Marr, M. Jackson (2006).  Behavior analysis and social issues: Some questions and concerns.  Behavior and Social Issues, 15, 57-67.
• Kelling, A.S., Snyder, R.J., Gardner, W., Marr, M. J., Bloomsmith, M.A., & Maple, T.L. (2006). Color vision in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Learning and Behavior, 34 (2), 154-161.
• Marr, M. Jackson (2006). The emergence of emergence—one behaviorist’s perspective. In D. Washburn (Ed.), Primate Perspectives on Behavior and Cognition (pp. 99-108). American Psychological Association.
• Bloomsmith, M. A., Marr, M. Jackson, & Maple, T. L. (2006). Addressing nonhuman primate behavioral problems through the application of operant conditioning: Is the human treatment approach a useful model? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 102, 205-222.
• Marr, M. Jackson. (2006). A major trio. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 86, 355-357.
• Marr, M. Jackson. (in press). Food for thought on feedback functions. European Journal of Behavior Analysis.

In Preparation: Probability and Statistics: A Précis.  Book (with Colleen Parks) under         review for publication.
Courses Taught

PSYCH 3130/6016: The Experimental Analysis of Behavior
PSYCH 4100: Behavioral Pharmacology
PSYCH 2020: Psychological Statistics
PSYCH 3020/6013: Biopsychology

 

Contact Information

Dr. M. Jackson Marr School of Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology 654 Cherry Street Atlanta, GA 30332-0170

Telephone: (404) 894-2635 Fax: (404) 894-8905 E-mail: Office Location: 225 J.S. Coon Bldg.