This paper offers a case study of the origins, emergence, and evolution of the term cumulative record as the name for the means by which B. F. Skinner brought his behavior under the control of his subject matter. Our methods included on-line searches, reviews of Skinner's publications, and journal codings and counts. The results reveal that the term is not originally attributable to Skinner, but emerged earlier in ordinary language and in another discipline--education. It was not even original to Skinner in print in his own science. Still, the term was once original to him, which we address with additional analyses of his having originated and advanced it. We conclude with a discussion the constraints of our methods, suggestions for future research, and the variable appreciation of technology and terminology in science studies.
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机译：本文提供了对“累积记录”一词的起源，出现和演变的案例研究，以此作为B. F. Skinner将其行为置于其主题控制之下的手段的名称。我们的方法包括在线搜索，对Skinner出版物的评论以及期刊编码和计数。结果表明，该术语最初不是归因于Skinner，而是较早出现在普通语言和另一门学科-教育中。它甚至不是史金纳在他自己的科学中印刷出来的。不过，这个词对他而言曾经是原始的，我们通过对他的起源和发展的进一步分析来解决。我们在讨论中总结了方法的局限性，对未来研究的建议以及科学研究中对技术和术语的不同理解。
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