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B.F. SKINNER PHD
(1904-1990)
MARCH 6TH, 2017
NEUROLOGY RESIDENT MORNING REPORT
B. F. SKINNER PHD
(1904-1990)
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B-Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Hamilton College BA/Harvard PhD Psychology (1931)
Influenced by Watson
Research at Harvard till 1936
Then U Minn, U of Indiana & back to Harvard 1948-1970
Developed field of Radical Behaviorism
– All actions have consequences of environmental reinforcement
– Humans react the same like rats in a reward/punishment experiment
30-Second Psychology
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B. F. SKINNER PHD
(1904-1990)
Skinner Box-operant behavior chamber
He put his daughter in Skinner Box
The Behavior of Organisms (1938)
Respondent behaviors
– are elicited by stimuli, modified by respondent conditioning
called “Pavlovian conditioning" or "classical conditioning“
• Operant Behaviors
– not induced by any particular stimulus, strengthened
through operant conditioning, occurrence of a response
yields a reinforce sensation
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B. F. SKINNER PHD
HOW CAN COMPLEX & NOVEL BEHAVIORS BE EXPLAINED
• Darwinian answer:
– Behavior of an individual varies from moment to moment; a
variation followed by reinforcement in others themed by
becomes prominent in behavioral repertoire
• Walden Two-1948
– Utopian (?Dystopian) enclosed
– Fictional experimental community in USA 1940’s
– Productivity and happiness of citizens in this community
is great because residents practice scientific social planning
and use operant conditioning for raising children.
• Followed by: Beyond Freedom & Dignity (1971)
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1971
Who is this?
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Karl Lashley PhD
BF Skinner PhD
Skinner’s Publications
The Behavior of
Organisms 1938
About Behaviorism
1974
Walden Two
1948
Particulars of My
Life 1976
Science and Human
Behavior 1951
Reflections on
Behaviorism and
Society 1978