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...
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. B. F. Skinner
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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 environment shapes people's actions. B. F. Skinner
The environment shapes people's actions.
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.
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.
The major problems facing the world today can be solved only if we improve our understanding of human behavior. B. F. Skinner
The major problems facing the world today can be solved only if we improve our understanding of human behavior.
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.
Education is the establishing of behavior which will be of advantage to the individual and to others at some future time. B. F. Skinner
Education is the establishing of behavior which will be of advantage to the individual and to others at some future time.
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.
Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories? B. F. Skinner
Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?
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.