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B.F. Skinner
American psychologist
Also known as: Burrhus Frederic Skinner
B.F. Skinner
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- In full:
- Burrhus Frederic Skinner
- Born:
- March 20, 1904, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died:
- August 18, 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts (aged 86)
- Notable Works:
- “Beyond Freedom and Dignity”
- “Verbal Behavior”
- “Walden Two”
- Subjects Of Study:
- programmed learning
B.F. Skinner (born March 20, 1904, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 18, 1990, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American psychologist and an influential exponent of behaviourism, which views human behaviour in terms of responses to environmental stimuli and favours the controlled, scientific study of responses as the most direct means of elucidating human nature. Skinner was attracted to psychology through the work of the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov on conditioned reflexes, articles on behaviourism by Bertrand Russell, and the ideas of John B. Watson, the founder of behaviourism. After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard University (1931), he remained there as a ...(100 of 446 words)