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B.F. Skinner

Also Known As Burrhus Frederic Skinner (full name)

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Operant Conditioning Chamber

B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) was an American psychologist who developed behavior analysis, especially the philosophy of radical behaviorism, and founded the experimental analysis of behavior. He used operant conditioning to strengthen behavior, considering rate of response the most effective measure of response strength. A prolific author of 21 books and 180 articles, a 2002 survey ranked him the most influential psychologist of the 20th century.

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Birth Date
1904-03-20 1
Birth Year
1904 1
Death Date
1990-08-18 1
Death Year
1990 1
Birthplace
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, U.S. 1
Death Place
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Developed behavior analysis and radical behaviorism, founding the experimental analysis of behavior. 1
Notable Work
Verbal Behavior (1957) 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Behaviorism, Schools and Movements

Skinner extended behaviorism into radical behaviorism and the experimental analysis of behavior after Watson's founding.

Source Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner

In Branch

Behavioral Psychology, Branches of Psychology

Schools Founded

Neobehaviorism, Schools and Movements
Source Wikipedia: Clark L. Hull
Additional Source Wikipedia: B. F. SkinnerContributions to psychology, Behaviorism section

Studies Conducted

Skinner Box Experiments, Studies and Experiments

Theories and Concepts Developed

Operant Conditioning, Theories and Concepts
Source Wikipedia: Operant conditioning
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1. Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner
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Verbal Behavior
1. Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
1. Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner
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Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1. Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner
1. Wikipedia: B. F. Skinner
Wikimedia FoundationSchools Founded: Neobehaviorism, Contributions to psychology, Behaviorism section
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Skinner referred to his approach to the study of behavior as radical behaviorism, which originated in the early 1900s as a reaction to depth psychology
Wikipedia: Operant conditioning
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referred to as the Father of operant conditioning
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