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B. F. Skinner


00:01:49 1 Biography
00:06:28 2 Contributions to psychological theory
00:06:38 2.1 Behaviorism
00:08:14 2.2 Theoretical structure
00:09:55 2.2.1 Origin of operant behavior
00:10:44 2.2.2 Control of operant behavior
00:11:41 2.2.3 Explaining complex behavior
00:13:27 2.3 Reinforcement
00:15:29 2.3.1 Schedules of reinforcement
00:17:35 3 Scientific inventions
00:17:45 3.1 Operant conditioning chamber
00:19:13 3.2 Cumulative recorder
00:20:24 3.3 Air crib
00:21:51 3.4 Teaching machine
00:25:14 3.5 Pigeon-guided missile
00:26:29 3.6 Verbal summator
00:27:24 4 iVerbal Behavior/i
00:28:42 5 Influence on education
00:31:47 6 iWalden Two/i and iBeyond Freedom and Dignity/i
00:33:18 7 Political views
00:35:19 8 Superstition in the pigeon
00:38:31 9 Criticism
00:38:40 9.1 J. E. R. Staddon
00:39:40 9.2 Noam Chomsky
00:40:55 9.3 Psychodynamic psychology
00:41:34 10 List of awards and positions
00:45:39 10.1 Honorary degrees
00:46:42 11 In popular culture
00:46:59 12 Bibliography
00:51:09 13 See also



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Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990), commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.Skinner considered free will an illusion and human action dependent on consequences of previous actions. If the consequences are bad, there is a high chance the action will not be repeated; if the consequences are good, the probability of the action being repeated becomes stronger. Skinner called this the principle of reinforcement.To strengthen behavior, Skinner used operant conditioning, and he considered the rate of response to be the most effective measure of response strength. To study operant conditioning, he invented the operant conditioning chamber, also known as the Skinner Box, and to measure rate he invented the cumulative recorder. Using these tools, he and C. B. Ferster produced his most influential experimental work, which appeared in their book Schedules of Reinforcement (1957).Skinner developed behavior analysis, the philosophy of that science he called radical behaviorism, and founded a school of experimental research psychology—the experimental analysis of behavior.  He imagined the application of his ideas to the design of a human community in his utopian novel, Walden Two, and his analysis of human behavior culminated in his work, Verbal Behavior.
Skinner was a prolific author who published 21 books and 180 articles.  Contemporary academia considers Skinner a pioneer of modern behaviorism, along with John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov. A June 2002 survey listed Skinner as the most influential psychologist of the 20th century.