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B. F. Skinner
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Burris Frederic Skinner was born on March 20th, 1904 in Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania. His mother, Grace M. Burrhus, was a stenographer and a secretary,
in a law office and later in a railroad chief executive's office. His father,
William A. Skinner, was an attorney, who studied law with another local ....
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....observable movements in time and space". (Turner,
1997) He rejected both conscious and unconscious mental activities and defined
behavior as a response to a stimulus. A few of John B. Watson's literary works
include the following books and papers: Animal Education, Behavior, Psychology
from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist, Behaviorism, and Psychological Care of
Infant and Child. (Turner, 1997)
Along with his own theories of behaviorism, Skinner developed the theory
of operant conditioning. Ope.... |
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