Burrhus Frеdеriс Skinnеr (Mаrсh 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990), соmmоnlу known аѕ B. F. Skinnеr, was аn Amеriсаn рѕусhоlоgiѕt, bеhаviоriѕt, аuthоr, invеntоr, and ѕосiаl рhilоѕорhеr. Hе was thе Edga...
Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful. B. F. Skinner
Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. B. F. Skinner
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.
The methods of science have been enormously successful wherever they have been tried. Let us then apply them to human affairs. B. F. Skinner
The methods of science have been enormously successful wherever they have been tried. Let us then apply them to human affairs.
The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again. B. F. Skinner
The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. B. F. Skinner
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. B. F. Skinner
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. B. F. Skinner
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
What before was supposed to be ‘free behavior’ on the part of the rat is now shown to be just as much subject to natural laws as for example the rate of his pulse. My results are conclusive and… really important. B. F. Skinner
What before was supposed to be ‘free behavior’ on the part of the rat is now shown to be just as much subject to natural laws as for example the rate of his pulse. My results are conclusive and… really important.
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything. B. F. Skinner
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. B. F. Skinner
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
Traditional views… have proved to be inadequate. They are largely responsible for the situation in which we now find ourselves. Behaviorism offers a promising alternative. B. F. Skinner
Traditional views… have proved to be inadequate. They are largely responsible for the situation in which we now find ourselves. Behaviorism offers a promising alternative.
