Fred S. Keller

Infobox Scientist
name = Fred Simmons Keller


birth_date = birth date|1899|1|2|mf=y
birth_place = near Rural Grove, New York
death_date = death date|1996|2|2|mf=y
death_place = Chapel Hill, North Carolina
nationality = American
field = Psychology
work_institutions = Colgate,
Columbia University
University of Brasilia
alma_mater = Tufts,
Harvard University
known_for = Behavior analysis, Operant conditioning, Personalized instruction
influences =
prizes =

Fred Simmons Keller was a pioneer in experimental psychology. He taught at Columbia University for 26 years and gave his name to the Keller Plan, also known as Personalized System of Instruction an individually paced, mastery-oriented teaching method that has had a significant impact on college-level science education system. He died at home, age 97, on February 2, 1996 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

A Functional Analysis of Depression

Fred Keller's 1973 paper, A Functional Analysis of Depression, helped to establish a strong clinical focus on depression that helped to inspire Behavioral activation, as well as other behavioral treatments for clinical problems beyond depression.

See also

* Behavioral activation