Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born and raised in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Hamilton College in New York. Skinner enrolled in the experimental psychology program at Harvard and studied under E.G. Boring, earning his masters degree in 1930 and PhD in 1931. In 1936, he began his academic career at the University of Minnesota; then, in 1945, he took a position as chairman of the psychology department at Indiana University. In 1948, however, Harvard offered him a position, which he accepted, and he remained there for the rest of his life. Skinner died of leukemia in 1990.
While Skinner was at Harvard, he was heavily influenced by the work of John B. Watson. From this influence, Skinner dedicated his life’s work to studying the relationship between reinforcement and observable behavior. Throughout his career, he insisted that psychology be a scientific, empirically driven discipline. He is considered by many to be one of the most important figures in twentieth century psychology, and his contribution to both clinical and experimental psychology is evident in the work of psychologists who followed his lead, and to this day, extend his work in associative learning research. The principles of reinforcement that he outlined were built on by clinical psychologists and applied to the conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders. The application of behaviorism to clinical psychology was not short-lived, as empirically supported treatments for anxiety disorders (e.g., panic disorder, simple phobia) and child conduct problems are based upon behavioral principles.
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I agree with his theory of operant conditioning, we can all learn by consequences.
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I agree with Skinner’s theory; learning by consequences. Skinner spent his life’s work studying the relationship between reinforcement and observable behavior.
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Skinner was best known for operant conditioning. I agree with this theory because I feel like people learn best through positive/negative consequences.
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B.F. Skinner: operant conditioning; learning by consequence
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Skinner was a psyhologist who is known for operant conditioning which I believe in, we basically learn by consequences
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i believe that his theory is correct and needed to teach certain children
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Read and understood. Behavioral reinforcement is very important in learning.
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I agree with Skinner that one’s learn by consequences.
Monkey see, Monkey do ……
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I agree with Skinner’s theory because growing up, I have learned many things through consequences.
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his theory was about operant conditioning which we learn through reinforcement .
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I don’t think anyone would argue against B.F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences.
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I agree with his theory of REINFORCEMENT and The concept of behavior “negative” and “positive”.
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I agree with Skinner, and believe that when one don’t follow the right directions, you end learning by the consequences..
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I also agree with his Skinner because I was raised and stand by the theory that everything has a consequence and you learn depending on the consequences and it affects your behavior.
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I agree very much with Skinner theory operant conditioning learning by consequence.
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