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B. F. Skinner

Personal information
Birth dateMarch 20, 1904
Birth placeSusquehanna, Pennsylvania
Death dateAugust 18, 1990(age 86)
Death placeCambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
FieldsPsychologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Indiana University
Harvard University
Alma materHamilton College
Harvard University
Known forBehavior analysis
Operant conditioning
Radical behaviorism
Verbal Behavior
Operant conditioning chamber
InfluencesCharles Darwin
Ivan Pavlov
Ernst Mach
Jacques Loeb
Edward Thorndike
William James
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 - August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, author, inventor, social philosopher, and poet. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.

Skinner invented the operant conditioning chamber, innovated his own philosophy of science called Radical Behaviorism, and founded his own school of experimental research psychology—the experimental analysis of behavior. His analysis of human behavior culminated in his work Verbal Behavior, which has recently seen enormous increase in interest experimentally and in applied settings.

Skinner discovered and advanced the rate of response as a dependent variable in psychological research. He invented the cumulative recorder to measure rate of responding as part of his highly influential work on schedules of reinforcement. In a June, 2002 survey, Skinner was listed as the most influential psychologist of the 20th century. He was a prolific author who published 21 books and 180 articles.

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Would B. F. Skinner have owned RIM's Blackberry? - Oye! Times Tweet this news
Oye! Times--In 1972, my first visit to university, I took a course in psychology which covered behaviourism and the work of -BF Skinner- (1904-1990). ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:37:17 GMT+00:00
BF Skinner and the Hopelessness of It All - Psychology Today (blog) Tweet this news
Psychology Today (blog)---BF Skinner- is not nearly as famous as Freud, and if you Google his name you won't find nearly as many hits as you will even for Jean Piaget. ... - Date : Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:43:50 GMT+00:00
Different strokes for different folks - AsiaOne Tweet this news
AsiaOne---...- course at college, or done any reading on the subject, you will no doubt have heard of -BF Skinner-, the guy who coined the term "operant conditioning". ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:12:03 GMT+00:00
Torture or treatment? - Psychology Today (blog) Tweet this news
Psychology Today (blog)--At one point a close association is made between JRC's practices and -BF Skinner-. Yes, JRC founder, Matt Israel studied with Skinner, and received his Ph.D. ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:20:08 GMT+00:00
Meet Basharat, your friendly neighbourhood Djinn - The Express Tribune (blog) Tweet this news
The Express Tribune (blog)--I recall taking photographs of dozens of pigeons (which seem to be a patent feature of any shrine or mazaar in Pakistan) and thinking about -BF Skinner-. ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:36:52 GMT+00:00
Chicago-Area School Earns LEED for Schools Gold Certification from the USGBC - AltEnergyMag (press release) Tweet this news
AltEnergyMag (press release)--“-BF Skinner- once said, 'Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten,'” said Thomas Taylor, General Manager of Vertegy. ... - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:16:17 GMT+00:00
The Joy Of Working - Forbes Tweet this news
Forbes--Named after its original designer, the influential psychologist -BF Skinner-, this box is a regular cage (similar to the one you are used to), ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:11:10 GMT+00:00
CHOMSKY, Noam Pour une éducation humaniste - Recherches sur l'anarchisme Tweet this news
Recherches sur l'anarchisme---...- avec les deux plus illustres représentants des traditions empiriste et constructiviste en éducation au xxe siècle, -BF Skinner- et Jean Piaget avançant, ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 19:35:34 GMT+00:00
Magazine hides Sunstein - New Bern Sun Journal Tweet this news
New Bern Sun Journal---...- -BF Skinner-), whereby what government officials want the citizens to do isn't commanded but made the result of various more or less subtle prompters. ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 14:29:09 GMT+00:00
Local People - Staunton News Leader Tweet this news
Staunton News Leader---...- "What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage" by Amy Sutherland and "Beyond the Box: -BF Skinner's- Technology of Behavior from Laboratory to Life, ... - Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 06:50:06 GMT+00:00

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