B. F. Skinner
Also known as Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Skinner BF, Burrhus F. Skinner, B.F. Skinner
American behaviorist (1904–1990)
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B. F. Skinner was an American psychologist who lived from 1904 to 1990 and became one of the most influential figures in the field of behaviorism, which studies how organisms learn through responses to their environment. His work on how rewards and punishments shape behavior has had lasting impact on psychology, education, and how we understand human learning.
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- 1904
- Died
- 1990
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- 88
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- L'enseignement programmé
- The problem of control
- Walden Two (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Teaching machines
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Burrhus Frederic "B. F." Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. Skinner invented the operant conditioning chamber, also known as the Skinner Box. The box had a lever and a food tray, and a hungry rat could get food delivered to the tray pressing the lever. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B.+F.+Sk
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement in 1974.
Skinner developed behavior analysis, especially the philosophy of radical behaviorism, and founded the experimental analysis of behavior, a school of experimental research psychology. He also used operant conditioning to strengthen behavior, considering the rate of response to be the most effective measure of response strength. To study operant conditioning, he invented the operant conditioning chamber (aka the Skinner box), and to measure rate he invented the cumulative recorder. Using these tools, he and Charles Ferster produced Skinner's most influential experimental work, outlined in their 1957 book Schedules of Reinforcement.
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